description: The Heart of Midlothian, set between the two Jacobean insurrections in 1736 and during the Porteous Riots, marks the peak of its author's achievement; many consider it to be Scott's national epic.
language: English
title: The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott, Fiction, Historical, Literary, Classics
titlecomplete: The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott, Fiction, Historical, Literary, Classics
characters: Davie Deans, Madge Wildfire, Jeanie Deans, John Porteous, Robert Wilson, Effie Deans, Meg Murdockson
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Classic Literature, Scotland, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1332
places: Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
series: Tales of My Landlord
publisher: Aegypan