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The Black Dwarf

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(3,737 Sterne; 19 Bewertungen)

The Black Dwarf is the first of the “Tales of My Landlord” series, which also includes The Bride of Lammermoor and The Heart of Midlothian. The third preliminary chapter depicts two horsemen arriving at the Wallace Inn in Gandercleugh, where one of the horsemen relates the tale. The story proper is set on the Scottish borders during the reign of Queen Anne. The Jacobite movement is in its infancy, but the inhabitants of this part of the country have enough to quarrel about without politics inciting them to it. Several families of high and low birth bear no good intentions to each other, and a weird, brooding dwarf, who wishes ill on all of humanity, seems to direct and perpetuate the mayhem from his lonely cottage on Mucklestane Moor. (tbragg) (6 hr 15 min)

Chapters

Tales of My Landlord, Introduction

14:43

Read by tbragg

Introduction to The Black Dwarf

17:07

Read by tbragg

Chapter One

14:04

Read by tbragg

Chapter Two

16:32

Read by tbragg

Chapter Three

22:42

Read by tbragg

Chapter Four

26:49

Read by tbragg

Chapter Five

19:16

Read by Gillian Hendrie

Chapter Six

10:10

Read by Gillian Hendrie

Chapter Seven

26:25

Read by Gillian Hendrie

Chapter Eight

16:36

Read by Gillian Hendrie

Chapter Nine

16:58

Read by Gillian Hendrie

Chapter Ten

23:51

Read by Gillian Hendrie

Chapter Eleven

17:24

Read by ToddHW

Chapter Twelve

12:51

Read by ToddHW

Chapter Thirteen

31:22

Read by Neala

Chapter Fourteen

19:07

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter Fifteen

22:49

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter Sixteen

12:52

Read by DrPGould

Chapter Seventeen

16:41

Read by DrPGould

Chapter Eighteen

17:02

Read by DrPGould

Bewertungen

A welcome Scottish voice

(5 Sterne)

Quite a simple tale (at least by Scott's standards) but well told and well read. I admire the attempts of our American friends at the Scots' brogue but what a pleasure to have the most difficult parts read by a Scottish voice. It cut out all the translation duties.

so confused

(2 Sterne)

I have no clue what's going on and I'm at chapter 4... maybe I'm ignorant. I know nothing at this point... the voices sound great though

good! a bit slow, though.

(4 Sterne)

Good reading. Scottish is a little hard to understand however.