Walter Scott

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Walter Scott
born in Edinburgh, The United Kingdom August 15, 1771
died September 21, 1832

Sir Walter Scott was born on August 15, 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott created and popularized historical novels in a series called the Waverley Novels. In his novels Scott arranged the plots and characters so the reader enters into the lives of both great and ordinary people caught up in violent, dramatic changes in history.

Scott's work shows the influence of the 18th century enlightenment. He believed every human was basically decent regardless of class, religion, politics, or ancestry. Tolerance is a major theme in his historical works. The Waverley Novels express his belief in the need for social progress that does not reject the traditions of the past. He was the first novelist to portray peasant characters sympathetically and realistically, and was equally just to merchants, soldiers, and even kings.

Central themes of many of Scott's novels are about conflicts between opposing cultures. Ivanhoe (1819) is about war between Normans and Saxons. The Talisman (1825) is about conflict between Christians and Muslims. His novels about Scottish history deal with clashes between the new English culture and the old Scottish. Scott's other great novels include "Old Mortality" (1816), "The Heart of Midlothian" (1819), and "St Ronan's Well" (1824). His Waverley series includes "Rob Roy" (1817), "A Legend of Montrose" (1819), and "Quentin Dunward" (1823).

Scott's amiability, generosity, and modesty made him popular with his contemporaries. He was also famous for entertaining on a grand scale at his Scottish estate, Abbotsford.

The Walter Scott Digital Archive: http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/home.html

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1) A Legend of Montrose 0.52 Мб
2) Chronicles of the Canongate 0.49 Мб
3) Guy Mannering or The Astrologer 2.19 Мб
4) Ivanhoe 1.3 Мб
5) Kenilworth 1.07 Мб
6) Lady of the Lake 0.53 Мб
7) Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft 0.64 Мб
8) Marmion 0.77 Мб
9) My Aunt Margaret's Mirror 0.08 Мб
10) Old Mortality 3.44 Мб
11) Peveril of the Peak 1.29 Мб
12) Quentin Durward 1.07 Мб
13) Quentin Durward 0.92 Мб
14) Redgauntlet 1.07 Мб
15) Rob Roy 3.02 Мб
16) St. Ronan's Well 1.44 Мб
17) The Abbot 1.09 Мб
18) The Antiquary 2.32 Мб
19) The Betrothed 0.78 Мб
20) The Black Dwarf 0.33 Мб
21) The Bride of Lammermoor 0.72 Мб
22) The Fair Maid of Perth or St. Valentine's Day 1.02 Мб
23) The Fortunes of Nigel 1.18 Мб
24) The Heart of Mid-Lothian 3.61 Мб
25) The Monastery 1.01 Мб
26) The Pirate 2.03 Мб
27) The Surgeon's Daughter 0.39 Мб
28) The Talisman 0.74 Мб
29) The Tapestried Chamber, and Death of the Laird's Jock 0.05 Мб
30) Waverley 1.35 Мб
31) Woodstock or the Cavalier 1.12 Мб

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