The Heart of Midlothian

The Heart of Mid-Lothian
	Effie and Jeanie Deans embracing by Robert Herdman (1873)
Author	Walter Scott
Language	English, Lowland Scots
Series	Waverley Novels; Tales of my Landlord, Second Series
Genre	Historical novel
Publication date	25 July 1818
Publication place	Scotland
Media type	Print
Pages	469 (Edinburgh Edition, 2004)
Preceded by	Rob Roy
Followed by	The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose (Tales of My Landlord, Third series)

The Heart of Mid-Lothian is the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. It was originally published in four volumes on 25 July 1818, under the title of Tales of My Landlord, 2nd series, and the author was given as "Jedediah Cleishbotham, Schoolmaster and Parish-clerk of Gandercleugh". The main action, which takes place between September 1736 and May 1737, is set in motion by the Porteous Riots in Edinburgh and involves an epic journey from Edinburgh to London by a working-class girl to obtain a royal commutation of the death penalty incurred by her sister for the alleged murder of her new-born baby. Despite some negative contemporary reviews, some now consider it Scott's best novel.^[2]^[3]

^ "The Heart of Midlothian". Edinburgh University Library. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "The Heart of Midlothian (Tales of My Landlord)". Edinburgh University Library. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ D 'Arcy, Julian Meldon (2001). "Roseneath: Scotland or "Scott-land"? A Reappraisal of The Heart of Midlothian". Studies in Scottish Literature. 32 (1): 26–36 – via Scholar Commons.

[1] "The Heart of Midlothian". Edinburgh University Library. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[2] "The Heart of Midlothian (Tales of My Landlord)". Edinburgh University Library. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

[3] D 'Arcy, Julian Meldon (2001). "Roseneath: Scotland or "Scott-land"? A Reappraisal of The Heart of Midlothian". Studies in Scottish Literature. 32 (1): 26–36 – via Scholar Commons.

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