Les châteaux d'Athlin et de Dunbayne (2/2), Histoire arrivée dans les Montagnes d'Écosse.

Set in remote Scottish highlands, the narrative follows a Swiss-born baroness whose marriage brings family joy then successive tragedies: death of an infant son, her husband's fatal accident, and the transfer of the estate to a cold-hearted brother whose ambition and cruelty leave her marginalized. She briefly revisits her native land before returning to find hostility and obstruction that culminate in confinement and family strife. The story weaves backstory, detailed landscape description, and gothic motifs—isolated castles, inheritance disputes, and hidden sorrows—to explore themes of loss, exile, and the tensions between private devotion and patriarchal authority amid episodes of domestic tragedy and suspense.