Ravenswood family

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The Ravenswood family is a fictional Scottish noble lineage central to the tragic events and doomed romance depicted in Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish noble family
fictional family
adaptationMedium opera
appearsIn The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED
associatedWith Lammermoor NERFINISHED
centralTo plot of The Bride of Lammermoor
conflictWith Ashton family NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Scotland
createdBy Walter Scott NERFINISHED
fateInNarrative family line is effectively extinguished with Edgar’s death
fictionalUniverse The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceWork The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1819
genre historical fiction
houseType noble house
inspiredAdaptation Lucia di Lammermoor NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
literaryForm prose fiction
literaryTradition Scottish Romanticism NERFINISHED
member Edgar Ravenswood NERFINISHED
Lord Ravenswood NERFINISHED
memberRole Edgar Ravenswood is the last male heir of the Ravenswood family NERFINISHED
Lord Ravenswood is the father of Edgar Ravenswood NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction embodies the old Jacobite-leaning aristocracy
nobleStatus nobility
operaCharacterBasedOn Edgardo (Edgar) Ravenswood in Lucia di Lammermoor NERFINISHED
operaComposer Gaetano Donizetti NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Tales of My Landlord NERFINISHED
plotFunction their dispossession and feud with the Ashtons drive the tragedy
politicalAssociation Jacobitism (implied in the novel’s context)
publisherOfFirstAppearance Archibald Constable and Company NERFINISHED
residenceName Wolf’s Crag NERFINISHED
residenceType castle
settingPeriod late 17th century Scotland
socialClass aristocracy
symbolizes fatalism
honor-bound loyalty
ruined nobility
themeAssociation decline of aristocracy
family feud
tragic romance

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The Bride of Lammermoor fictionalFamily Ravenswood family