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Two island sisters, a shipwrecked captain and a sibyl who commands storms meet on the Zetland shore.
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海賊の概要
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- 174,800語
- ライブラリ内の難易度
- 読み応えがあります long sentences, a rich vocabulary
- 初版刊行年
- 1821by ウォルター・スコット
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海賊 in short
The Pirate follows a young man who grows up between a silent father and a sea full of legends. He saves a stranger and finds that kindness can cost him his friends. Around that choice, Scott builds a wide picture of Zetland and Orkney, with their feasts, fishermen, farmers, poets and a sibyl who claims to rule the wind.
What 海賊 is about
What would you do if the sea threw a stranger at your feet, and saving him cost you your place in every house you loved? Mordaunt Mertoun, a young man raised in a ruin on the cliffs of Zetland, finds out. In The Pirate, Walter Scott builds a story of storms, spells and sea rovers on the northern edge of Britain.
Scott wrote it after a voyage round Scotland in 1814, where he heard the tale of Gow the pirate from an old woman who sold fair winds to sailors. You will meet two sisters, a reforming farmer, a talkative poet and a handsome captain who arrives half drowned.
対象読者. You will love this book if you enjoy windswept islands, old sagas, sea adventure and romance, a touch of the supernatural, and vivid, talkative characters.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A silent stranger rents a ruin at Jarlshof
The story opens on Sumburgh Head, the great cliff at the southern tip of Zetland. A fierce tide called the Roost runs below it, and sand has buried most of an ancient Norse manor named Jarlshof. The landlord, Magnus Troil, lives far away in kinder country. He is a hot-tempered, generous man who prides himself on his old Norwegian blood.
Into this bleak place comes Basil Mertoun with a handsome boy of about fourteen. The islanders ask him nothing, because their rules of hospitality forbid prying. He avoids company, shuns women and drinks nothing but water, which horrifies Magnus. He rents Jarlshof with a gloomy kind of pleasure, since no company is exactly what he wants.
When a fisherman overcharges him, he pelts the man with his own fish. Mertoun also has what the household calls his dark hour, when he shuts himself in an inner room for days. The island politely leaves the mystery alone, but the book does not. A mystery kept by good manners is still a mystery.
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Mordaunt grows up between cliffs and sagas
Mordaunt Mertoun is taught by his father in a strict, cold way.
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A storm and a sibyl at Harfra
One spring day Mordaunt leaves Burgh-Westra against the warnings of Minna, who reads the sky and the seabirds.
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A wreck brings Captain Cleveland ashore
The next morning Mordaunt and his father see a ship with no sail drifting in the Roost toward Sumburgh Head.
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The favorite of Burgh-Westra pushes Mordaunt aside
Weeks pass, and Cleveland settles in at Burgh-Westra as one of the family.
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Norna's dark tale and her leaden heart
A great whale runs into the voe at Burgh-Westra, and the guests set out in boats to kill it.
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The pirates come to Kirkwall
In Kirkwall, the Orkney capital, the Fair of Saint Olla draws crowds from every island.
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Old Norse ways meet the improving farmer
Magnus Troil is the book's picture of the old Norse gentry.
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Dreams of sea kings meet real pirates
Minna is the book's dreamer.
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How Scott tells the tale
Scott opens with a preface about his voyage and a note about the real John Gow, who terrorized Orkney in 1725.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Mordaunt Mertoun A bold, kind young man raised at Jarlshof, who loves the sea and the sisters of Burgh-Westra and wants his place among them.
- Basil Mertoun Mordaunt's gloomy, learned father, who keeps to a ruin by the sea and guards a secret from everyone.
- Minna Troil The elder daughter of Magnus, grave and romantic, who longs for a hero worthy of the old northern sagas.
- Brenda Troil Minna's younger sister, cheerful and sensible, who fears for Minna and quietly cares for Mordaunt.
- Magnus Troil The hearty, hospitable Udaller of Burgh-Westra, proud of his Norse blood and fond of brandy and old customs.
- Norna of the Fitful-head A tall, fearsome woman who claims power over wind and wave and takes a fierce interest in Mordaunt and the sisters.
- Clement Cleveland A handsome, daring sea captain washed ashore from a wreck, who wins Burgh-Westra's favour and Minna's heart.
- Triptolemus Yellowley A Scottish farmer sent as factor to reform island farming, and a comic figure of grand plans and little luck.
How it ends (spoiler)
The Halcyon frigate catches the pirate sloop, and Cleveland and Bunce are taken prisoner. Norna learns that Cleveland is her own son by Basil Mertoun, whom she had known as Vaughan, and she loses her reason. Cleveland is spared and sent to serve the Crown. Basil Mertoun disappears into a foreign convent. Norna intends to hand her considerable inherited property over to Mordaunt, whom Magnus welcomes back into his favour.
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『海賊』についての質問
What is The Pirate by Walter Scott about?
It tells of Mordaunt Mertoun, a young man raised at Jarlshof in Zetland, and of Captain Cleveland, a sailor he rescues from a wreck. Their rivalry for the Troil sisters, Norna's spells and a pirate crew drive the plot.
Is The Pirate based on a true story?
It draws on the real pirate John Gow, who terrorized Orkney in 1725 and was captured by James Fea. Scott invents the characters and moves the story to the late seventeenth century, and he says he imagined much of the island society.
Who is Norna of the Fitful-head?
Norna is a tall, mysterious woman who lives near Fitful-head and claims power over the winds. She is called a Reimkennar, or rhyme knower. Scott presents her as a believer in her own magic, with a hidden sorrow behind it.
What is an Udaller in The Pirate?
An Udaller is a landowner of old Norse descent in Zetland and Orkney who holds land by ancient udal law rather than by Scottish feudal grant. Magnus Troil of Burgh-Westra is the book's chief example, proud, generous and fond of feasting.
Is The Pirate easy to read?
Its lively scenes, short chapters and vivid characters make it approachable. Comic figures like Claud Halcro and Triptolemus Yellowley, along with storms, whale hunts, feasts and sea chases, keep the story moving, and the verse at each chapter opening sets the mood.
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Scott, Walter. The Pirate. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-pirate.
Scott, W. (2026). The pirate. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-pirate (Original work published 1821)
Scott, Walter. The Pirate. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-pirate.
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title = {The Pirate},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1821}
}
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