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Shorter Fiction Available as E-Texts

Follow the links below for online texts of shorter fiction by Walter Scott made available by external sites. Only freely available texts have been listed. In most cases, the link will take you directly to the text. In others, it will direct you to a clickable list of the Scott texts published by the provider.

Where known, we have indicated the source edition for the e-text. Most providers, however, do not supply this information. For information on the provider and a full list of the Scott texts that they have made available online, see E-Texts by Provider.

The list of texts should not be regarded as comprehensive, but the page editor would be pleased to hear of any significant omissions. For further information on the stories themselves, see Works.

• A. Collections
• B. Individual Stories

A. Collections

1. Chronicles of the Canongate
2. The Keepsake Stories

1. Chronicles of the Canongate

• Abacci Books
• Arthur's Classic Novels
• Bookshare.org
• Electric Scotland
• Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library
• Infomotions (London: Archibald Constable, 1896)
• Knowledgerush
• Literature Network
• Making of America Books (Parker's Edition, Boston: Sanborn, Carter and Bazin, 1855)
• Making of America Books (Abbotsford Edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1855; with Woodstock)
• MasterTexts
• Munseys
• Oxford Text Archive
• Penn State Electronic Classics Series
• Project Gutenberg
• Wiretap (London: Archibald Constable, 1896)
• World Wide School
• 4Literature (London: Archibald Constable, 1896)

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2. The Keepsake Stories

• Arthur's Classic Novels
• Electric Scotland (London: Archibald Constable, 1896)
• Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library
• Infomotions (London: Archibald Constable, 1896)
• Knowledgerush (Abbotsford Edition)
• Making of America Books (Abbotsford Edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1855; with Count Robert of Paris and Castle Dangerous)
• Munseys
• Oxford Text Archive
• Wiretap (London: Archibald Constable, 1896)
• 4Literature

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B. Individual Stories

1. 'The Bridal of Janet Dalrymple'
2. 'Death of the Laird's Jock'
3. 'The Fortunes of Martin Walbeck'
4. 'The Highland Widow'
5. 'My Aunt Margaret's Mirror'
6. 'The Surgeon's Daughter'
7. 'The Tapestried Chamber'
8. 'Wandering Willie's Tale'

1. ' The Bridal of Janet Dalrymple'

• Bibliomania

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2. 'Death of the Laird's Jock'

• Knowledgerush (with 'The Tapestried Chamber')
• MasterTexts
• Penn State Electronic Classics Series (with 'The Tapestried Chamber')
• Project Gutenberg (with 'The Tapestried Chamber')
• World Wide School (with 'The Tapestried Chamber')

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3. 'The Fortunes of Martin Walbeck'*

• The Literary Gothic

*For 'The Fortunes of Martin Walbeck', see also e-texts for The Antiquary.

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4. 'The Highland Widow'

• Clan Cameron Archive (excerpt only)

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5. 'My Aunt Margaret's Mirror'

• Arthur's Classic Novels
• Bookshare.org
• Knowledgerush
• MasterTexts
• Munseys
• Page by Page Books
• Penn State Electronic Classics Series
• Project Gutenberg
• Project Gutenberg (with Count Robert Of Paris, Castle Dangerous, and 'The Tapestried Chamber')
• World Wide School

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6. 'The Surgeon's Daughter'

• Arthur's Classic Novels
• Abacci Books
• Bookrags
• Knowledgerush
• Munseys
• Project Gutenberg

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7. 'The Tapestried Chamber'

• Arthur's Classic Novels
• Bibliomania
• Bookshare.org
• Gaslight (London: Macmillan, 1901)
• Knowledgerush (with 'Death of the Laird's Jock')
• Literature Network
• MasterTexts
• Penn State Electronic Classics Series (with 'Death of the Laird's Jock')
• Project Gutenberg (with 'Death of the Laird's Jock')
• Project Gutenberg (with Count Robert Of Paris, Castle Dangerous, and 'My Aunt Margaret's Mirror')
• World Wide School (with 'Death of the Laird's Jock')

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8. 'Wandering Willie's Tale'*

• Bartleby (from Brander Matthews (ed.), The Short-Story: Specimens Illustrating Its Development. New York: American Book Company, 1907)
• ClassicReader.com
• Gaslight (from unspecified 1894 edition of Redgauntlet)
• Munseys
• Project Gutenberg (from Stories by English Authors: Scotland. New York: Scribners, 1896)

*For 'Wandering Willie's Tale', see also e-texts for Redgauntlet.

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Last updated: 4-July-2008
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