Wandering Willie's Tale (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- First Published: 1824
- Type of Plot: Gothic, epistolary
- Time of Work: The mid-1760's
- Setting: Dumfries, Scotland
- Principal Characters: Darsie Latimer, Alan Fairford, Willie Steenson (Stevenson), Steenie (Steven) Steenson, Sir Robert Redgauntlet, Sir John Redgauntlet, Dougal MacCallum, Hutcheon
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Ghosts or apparitions, War, Eighteenth century, Death or dying, Landlords or tenants, Scotland or Scottish people, Western Europe or western Europeans, Civil wars, Clans, Nobility, Debtors or creditors
- Locales: Scotland
The Story
While taking a break from his studies in Edinburgh, Darsie Latimer is roaming the border country in western Scotland, staying at an inn in Dumfries. There he encounters Willie Steenson and his wife walking in the same general direction, on the road toward Dumfries. Willie's wife says that Willie is a good teller of tales, so Latimer asks him to tell one as they walk. What follows is Willie's tale.
When Steenie Steenson, Willie's grandfather, went to Redgauntlet Castle to pay his rent, he was taken by Dougal MacCallum to meet Sir Robert Redgauntlet, sitting...
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