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Title: The Black Dwarf
Author: Walter Scott
Year of Publication: 1816 (19th century)
Type: Novel
Genre: Historical Fiction, Social Observation
Plot Summary: The main character is the misunderstood misanthrope Sir Edward Manley (‘Elshie of the Mucklestanes’), modelled on ‘Bowed Davie Ritchie’ whom the author visited in 1797. Ritchie lived in a cottage near Kirkton (4 miles south-west of Peebles), on which site a later cottage was erected in 1802, featuring a dwarf-sized door. Ritchie is buried at nearby Manor Kirk.
Publisher: Dodo Press
ISBN: 1406501948
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Home | Title detail page
Title: The Black Dwarf
Author: Walter Scott
Year of Publication: 1816 (19th century)
Type: Novel
Genre: Historical Fiction, Social Observation
Plot Summary: The main character is the misunderstood misanthrope Sir Edward Manley (‘Elshie of the Mucklestanes’), modelled on ‘Bowed Davie Ritchie’ whom the author visited in 1797. Ritchie lived in a cottage near Kirkton (4 miles south-west of Peebles), on which site a later cottage was erected in 1802, featuring a dwarf-sized door. Ritchie is buried at nearby Manor Kirk.
Publisher: Dodo Press
ISBN: 1406501948
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009