The Monastery
by Walter Scott
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Having received a small inheritance, the retired captain Clatterbuck settles in the village of Kennakweir in southern Scotland. Out of boredom, he is interested in the ruins of an old village monastery, which attract visitors to the village. Having studied its history and architecture, the captain becomes a local guide.Once a monk of the Order of St. Benedict, who has more complete and accurate information about the monastery, turns to him for help. The monk wants to get from the ruins a sacred relic for him - the heart of his distant relative buried in the monastery, and transfer the relics t...
Chapters (50)
- THE MONASTERY
- THE WAVERLY NOVELS by SIR WALTER SCOTT. Complete In Twelve Volumes Printed from the latest English Editions Embracing The Author's Last Corrections, Prefaces, and Notes.
- THE MONASTERY.
- INTRODUCTION—(1830.)
- INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE
- FROM CAPTAIN CLUTTERBUCK, LATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S —— REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, TO THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY.
- ANSWER BY “THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY,”
- TO THE FOREGOING LETTER FROM CAPTAIN CLUTTERBUCK. DEAR CAPTAIN,
- THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY.
- THE MONASTERY.
- Chapter the First.
- Chapter the Second.
- Chapter the Third.
- Chapter the Fourth.
- Chapter the Fifth.
- Chapter the Sixth.
- Chapter the Seventh.
- Chapter the Eighth.
- Chapter the Ninth.
- Chapter the Tenth.
- Chapter the Eleventh.
- Chapter the Twelfth.
- Chapter the Thirteenth.
- Chapter the Fourteenth.
- Chapter the Fifteenth.
- Chapter the Sixteenth.
- Chapter the Seventeenth.
- Chapter the Eighteenth.
- Chapter the Nineteenth.
- Chapter the Twentieth.
- LOVE'S PILGRIMAGE.
- Chapter the Twenty-First.
- Chapter the Twenty-Second.
- Chapter the Twenty-Third.
- Chapter the Twenty-Fourth.
- Chapter the Twenty-Fifth.
- Chapter the Twenty-Sixth.
- Chapter the Twenty-Seventh.
- Chapter the Twenty-Eighth.
- Chapter the Twenty-Ninth.
- Chapter the Thirtieth.
- Chapter the Thirty-First.
- Chapter the Thirty-Second.
- Chapter the Thirty-Third.
- Chapter the Thirty-Fourth.
- CARTA REGIS ROBERTI I. ABBATI ET CONVENTUI DE MELROSS.
- Chapter the Thirty-Fifth.
- Chapter the Thirty-Sixth.
- Chapter the Thirty-Seventh.
- KING JOHN
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