Jedediah Cleishbotham

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Jedediah Cleishbotham is a fictional schoolmaster and parish clerk created by Sir Walter Scott to serve as the supposed editor and narrator of the novel "Old Mortality."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
frame narrator
literary character
pseudonymous editor
appearsIn Old Mortality NERFINISHED
appearsInSeries Tales of My Landlord NERFINISHED
associatedWithAuthor Sir Walter Scott NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Scotland (fictional setting) NERFINISHED
createdBy Sir Walter Scott NERFINISHED
creator Walter Scott NERFINISHED
describedAs schoolmaster and parish clerk of Gandercleugh (in Scott’s fiction)
editorialPersonaOf Sir Walter Scott NERFINISHED
fictionalStatus fictional
firstAppearance Old Mortality (1816) NERFINISHED
gender male
languageOfWork English
literaryFunction frame the narrative of Old Mortality
mediate between author and reader
medium novel
narrativeRole supposed editor
supposed narrator
occupation parish clerk
schoolmaster
settingRole connected to a Scottish parish
usedAs narrative device

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Tales of My Landlord authorNameOnTitlePage Jedediah Cleishbotham
Tales of My Landlord frameNarrator Jedediah Cleishbotham
Tales of My Landlord hasFictionalEditor Jedediah Cleishbotham
Old Mortality narrativeFrameAuthor Jedediah Cleishbotham
Tales of My Landlord notableCharacter Jedediah Cleishbotham
The Black Dwarf seriesEditorPseudonym Jedediah Cleishbotham