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The Monastery

by Walter Scott · 1820 · 370 pages

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Set on the eve of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, The Monastery is full of supernatural events, theological conflict, and humor. Located in the lawless Scottish Borders, the novel depicts the monastery of Kennaquhair (a thinly disguised Melrose Abbey, whose ruins are still to be seen near Scott's own home at Abbotsford) on the verge of dissolution and the fortunes of two brothers as they respond to a new social and religious order.

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Genre
historical fictionadventure
Themes
gothic
Setting
16th centuryscotland
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 370 pages

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