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The Lady of the Lake
by Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)

Type of Work:

Romantic metrical poem

Setting

Sixteenth-century Scotland

Principal Characters

James Douglas, outlawed uncle of the Earl of Angus
Ellen Douglas, his daughter (The Lady of the Lake)
Roderick Dhu, a rebel Highland chief of Clan Alpine, and protector of the Douglas's
Allan-bane, the Douglas' minstrel and devoted servant
James Fitz-James, a Saxon Lowlander Knight
Malcolm Graeme, Ellen's young love