The Monastery

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"The Monastery" is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set on the turbulent Scottish-English border during the Reformation, blending romance, politics, and the supernatural.

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The Monastery canonical 4
The Monastery: A Romance 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel
novel
alternateTitle The Monastery
surface form: The Monastery: A Romance
author Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
surface form: Walter Scott
centralFamily Glendinning family
centralInstitution Kennaquhair monastery
countryOfFirstPublication United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin Scotland
featuresCharacter Edward Glendinning
Father Eustace
Halbert Glendinning
Mary Avenel
the White Lady of Avenel
featuresTheme Scottish Reformation
political intrigue
religious conflict
romantic love
supernatural
firstEditionFormat three-volume novel
followedBy The Abbot
follows The Heart of Midlothian
genre Gothic fiction
Scottish literature
historical fiction
romantic fiction
hasSequel The Abbot
hasSupernaturalCharacter the White Lady of Avenel
historicalContext Scottish Reformation and border warfare
literaryMovement Romanticism
literarySignificance part of Scott’s exploration of the Scottish Reformation
mainConflict Catholic–Protestant tension in Scotland
narrativeForm third-person narrative
notableElement blend of history and romance
use of supernatural apparition
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Waverley Novels
placeOfFirstPublication Edinburgh
primarySetting fictional valley of the Halidome of Kennaquhair
publicationYear 1820
publisher Archibald Constable & Co.
surface form: Archibald Constable and Company
relatedWork Old Mortality
The Abbot
Waverley
settingCentury 16th century
settingLocation Scotland
Scottish Borders
Anglo-Scottish border
surface form: Scottish–English border
settingPeriod Reformation

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Sir Walter Scott notableWork The Monastery
The Monastery alternateTitle The Monastery
this entity surface form: The Monastery: A Romance
The Abbot follows The Monastery
The Abbot hasSequelRelationWith The Monastery
The Abbot relatedWork The Monastery