The Pirate by Walter Scott
"The Pirate" by Walter Scott is a novel published in 1821. Set in the Shetland Islands at the end of the 17th century, it tells the story of young Mordaunt, whose friendship with the Troil sisters is shattered by the arrival of a mysterious shipwrecked captain named Cleveland. As rivalry grows between the two men, Minna falls for the charismatic stranger, unaware of his dark secret. When pirates capture the Troils, hidden
identities are revealed and loyalties tested in this tale of romance and adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 |
| Title |
The Pirate Andrew Lang Edition |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_(novel) |
| Credits | E-text prepared by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 59.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Shipwreck survival -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Landlord and tenant -- Fiction |
| Subject | Pirates -- Fiction |
| Subject | Kidnapping -- Fiction |
| Subject | Orkney (Scotland) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Shetland (Scotland) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 42389 |
| Release Date | Mar 23, 2013 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1981 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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