Readings from the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels

Sir William Ashton, a lawyer, has recently been elevated to the post of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. This passage, from chapter 3 of the novel, reveals the family politics of his household and introduces the heroine, Lucy. In the song she sings we hear one of Scott's most celebrated lyrics.
 
My reasons for choosing this are 1) because I hope it will make the hearer want to read on in the novel, 2) because it gives a presence to Scott the poet within a novel, and 3) because I thought it an appropriate passage for a woman's voice.

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Lucy Ashton.1833 Steel engraving by Henry Robinson based on a painting by William Etty. Used here with the permission of the Walter Scott Digital Archive Image Collection.

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The Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott.
Edited by J.H.Alexander. Published in 1995 by Edinburgh University Press.
© The University Court of the University of Edinburgh. For more information visit www.euppublishing.com/series/EEWN
Permission has been granted to The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club for usage here until Dec. 2012.

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