The Bride of Lammermoor vs The master of Ballantrae: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Scotland, Revenge, British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction
The Bride of Lammermoor
This new edition of The Bride of Lammermoor restores the action to 1703, before the Union of Scotland and England in 1707 rather than after it, which is where Scott's revisions of 1830 placed it. At last the sense of…
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The master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is one of Stevenson's darker, more political novels. Two brothers are brought into conflict by the Jacobite rising of 1745, which tears their family apart.
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The master of Ballantrae has the widest readership — 6649 ratings behind its score.
- The master of Ballantrae runs the darker storyline; The Bride of Lammermoor stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Bride of Lammermoor | The master of Ballantrae | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (2280) | 3.7 (6649) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (2) | 3.0 (5) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (16) | 4.0 (24) |
Reception
| The Bride of Lammermoor | The master of Ballantrae | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2280 | 6649 |
| Editions | 75 | 205 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5772 | 7381 |
| Reading it now | 219 | 252 |
| Written reviews | 236 | 462 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2515 | 2062 |
| Pages | 320 | 354 |