Readings
Click on the links below to listen to short extracts from some of Scott's works.....
Readings from The Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels:
Back in 2009 we celebrated the completion of the publication of The Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels by asking Scott aficionados to read a short extract of a Sir Walter Scott publication that would not only convince others of his greatness but would also impel them to read him too.
Paul H. Scott introduced the project --
Readings by Past Presidents:
Professor David Hewitt: [The Antiquary] (Chapter 11) - Oldbuck buying fish 4 minutes
James Robertson: [Rob Roy] (Chapter 27) - Bailie Nicol Jarvie and Andrew Fairservice bickering 6 minutes
Professor Ian Campbell: [Redgauntlet] (Chapter 23 to end) 6 minutes
Tam Dalyell: [Redgauntlet] (Letter 11) 4 minutes
Fraser Elgin: [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] (Chapter 38) - When Jeanie meets Queen Caroline 13 minutes
Paul H. Scott: [Rob Roy] (Chapter 27) - Discussions about the Union 6 minutes
Brian Taylor: [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] (Chapter 8) - Jeanie visits her sister in prison 8 minutes
Professor Claire Lamont: [The Bride of Lammermoor] (Chapter 3) - Introducing the heroine 9 minutes
Professor Murray Pittock: [Rob Roy] (Chapter 26) - Bailie Nicol Jarvie and Rob Roy 10 minutes
Sir Eric Anderson: [The Journal] (Extracts) 9 minutes
Professor Penny Fielding: [The Bride of Lammermoor] (Chapter 35) The Ending 3 minutes
Readings by Academics:
Professor Caroline McCracken-Flesher: [The Chronicles of the Canongate] (Chapter 16) 8 minutes
Dr. J. H. Alexander: [Count Robert of Paris] (Chapter 5) The Western Crusades 6 minutes
Professor David W. Purdie:[The Journal](Extract) The Crash 6 minutes
Readings by famous and distinguished Scott aficionados:
John Nichol: [Redgauntlet] (Letter 11) Wandering Willie's Tale 44 minutes
Stephen Woolman: [The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte] (Extracts) Conclusion 10 minutes
Geoffrey C. Bond: [Waverley] (Chapter 3) Education 11 minutes
Alasdair Hutton: [The Lay of the Last Minstrel] (Canto Sixth) 18 minutes
Readings by Club Members:
Lee A. Simpson: [Peveril of the Peak] (Chapter 14) Bridgenorth's Story 7 minutes
Readings by School Children in Edinburgh and the Lothians:
Readings by Members of the Public:
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