Saint Ronan's Well

Sir Walter Scott, the renowned author of Rob Roy, Kenilworth, and Ivanhoe, brings readers this enlightening picture of Scottish country life, now in a handsome edition with a critical essay and detailed notes and glossary. Now restored to its original elegance and liveliness, with sexually explicit material that has long been suppressed, Saint Ronan's Well turns its back on the wars raging on the world stage at the beginning of the nineteenth century, presenting instead a dark comedy that explores a society at war with itself. The story is set in a sleepy Tweedside village boasting little more than a run-down inn. When a nearby mineral spring, Saint Ronan's Well, becomes a popular vacation spot, the character of the little village changes, as it becomes infiltrated by a gaggle of wealthy tourists and by the influences of modernity.