The Lady of the Lake

Inside this edition

Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 19 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.

• The Highlands of the Lady of the Lake — the map of the Trosachs, Loch Katrine and Stirling.
• Loch Katrine & the Silver StrandThe silver evening water of Loch Katrine, its wooded islands and the pale Silver Strand, hiding the secret isle of the Douglas — home of the Lady of the Lake.
• A Map of Connections — the Douglas, the chief, and the knight of Snowdoun.
• The Characters — the folk of the loch and the glen, in medallion.
• The Characters — the Lady, the chief, the knight and their company, at full length.
• Ellen Douglas — the Lady of the Lake.
• The Chase — the hunter alone in the Trosachs, his good steed spent.
• The Island — Allan-bane's harp, and the return of Roderick Dhu.

This edition

Title

The Lady of the Lake

Author

Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)

First published

1810

Illustrated plates

41 original artworks · 19 open to everyone

Chapters

6 · about 32,277 words

Reading time

2 h 9 min

Language

EN

Formats

Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription

Publisher

LitLab — The Illustrated Classics

On LitLab since

August 2026

Rights

Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.

Source text

Project Gutenberg #3011