The Black Dwarf

E208382

historical novel novel

The Black Dwarf is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in the Scottish Borders and blending romance, political intrigue, and folklore.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Black Dwarf canonical	4
the Black Dwarf	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
alternateSeriesClassification	first series of Tales of My Landlord ⓘ
author	Sir Walter Scott ⓘ Sir Walter Scott ⓘ surface form: Walter Scott
countryOfOrigin	Scotland ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1816 ⓘ
form	prose ⓘ
genre	folklore-inspired fiction ⓘ historical novel ⓘ political fiction ⓘ romance ⓘ
hasFictionalCharacter	Elshie ⓘ Isabella Vere ⓘ Lord William Vere ⓘ Patrick Earnscliff ⓘ Sir Frederick Langley ⓘ
hasMediaType	print ⓘ
hasSequel	Old Mortality ⓘ
inspiredBy	Border traditions ⓘ Scottish folklore ⓘ
isPartOf	Waverley Novels ⓘ
literaryMovement	Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod	19th century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Elshie ⓘ Isabella Vere ⓘ Lord William Vere ⓘ Patrick Earnscliff ⓘ Sir Frederick Langley ⓘ The Black Dwarf self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: the Black Dwarf
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	Tales of My Landlord ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication	Edinburgh ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
publisher	John Murray ⓘ William Blackwood ⓘ
seriesEditorPseudonym	Jedediah Cleishbotham ⓘ
settingCountry	Scotland ⓘ
settingLocation	Scottish Borders ⓘ
theme	justice and revenge ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ romantic love ⓘ social class and power ⓘ superstition and folklore ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction	early 18th century ⓘ reign of Queen Anne ⓘ

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Subject: The Black Dwarf
Description of subject: The Black Dwarf is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in the Scottish Borders and blending romance, political intrigue, and folklore.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir Walter Scott → notableWork → The Black Dwarf ⓘ

The Antiquary → precedes → The Black Dwarf ⓘ

Tales of My Landlord → firstVolumeTitle → The Black Dwarf ⓘ

Tales of My Landlord → includesWork → The Black Dwarf ⓘ

The Black Dwarf → mainCharacter → The Black Dwarf self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Black Dwarf