The Journal 

Read by Kath Hardie

By the end of 1825, Sir Walter Scott's finances had reached such a perilous position that a trust took over his farms, his Edinburgh house and his earning. His wife had neither the constitution not the temperament to accept such a change and her health, not robust, gradually deteriorated.

These extracts from Sir Walter Scott's Journal deal with the death of Lady Charlotte in 1826.

December 2009

Kathleen Hardie was an Edinburgh-based published writer, poet and prize-winning member of the Muriel Spark Society. She was an active member of the Club for nearly 20 years, gave readings and talks on Scott’s Journal, and was admired for her humour and literary contribution.

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