Sir Walter Scott- the world-famous English writer, poet and historian, Scot by origin. Considered the founder of the historical novel genre. He had a phenomenal memory.
Biography
Born in Edinburgh to the lawyer Walter Scott (1729-1799), his mother, Anna Rutherford, was the daughter of a professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh. In a family of 12 children, six survived, Walter was the 9th child in a row. At an early age, he suffered from childhood paralysis, which led to atrophy of the muscles of his right leg and lifelong lameness. Despite his physical handicap, already at an early age he amazed those around him with a lively mind and a phenomenal memory. Scott's childhood is closely connected with the Scottish borders, where he spent time on his grandfather's farm in Sandinow, as well as at his uncle's house near Kelso.
In college, Scott became interested in mountaineering, became stronger physically, and gained popularity among his peers as an excellent storyteller. He read a lot, including ancient authors, was fond of novels and poetry, he emphasized the traditional ballads and legends of Scotland. In 1786, Walter Scott entered his father's office as an apprentice, and from 1789 to 1792. studied law, preparing to become a lawyer. Together with his friends, he organized a "Poetic Society" in college, studied German and got acquainted with the works of German poets.
In the early days of independent law practice, Walter Scott traveled the country, collecting folk legends and ballads about the Scottish heroes of the past along the way. He became interested in translations of German poetry, anonymously published his translations of Burger's ballad "Lenora". In 1791 he met his first love, Williamina Belches, the daughter of an Edinburgh lawyer. Scott tried for five years to achieve reciprocity with Williamina, but the girl kept him in limbo and in the end chose William Forbes, the son of a wealthy banker, whom she married in 1796. Unrequited love was the strongest blow for the young man; particles of the image of Villamina subsequently appeared more than once in the heroines of the writer's novels.
Scott's novels fall into two main groups. The first is devoted to the recent past of Scotland, the period of civil war: from the Puritan revolution of the XVI century. before the defeat of the mountain clans in the middle of the XVIII, and partly later ["Waverley", "Guy Mannering" (Gay Mannering, 1815), "Edinburgh prison" (The Heart of Midlothian, 1818), "Scottish Puritans" (Old mortality, 1816), The bride of Lammermoor (1819), Rob Roy (1817), The Monastery (1820). "The Abbot" (The Abbot, 1820), "The Waters of St. Ronan "(St. Ronan's Well, 1823)," Antiquary "(The Antiquary, 1816), etc.]. In these novels, Scott develops an unusually rich realistic type. This is a whole gallery of Scottish types of the most diverse social strata, but mainly types of the petty bourgeoisie, the peasantry and the declassed poor. Brightly specific, speaking rich and varied folk language, they form a background that can only be compared with Shakespeare's "Falstaffian background". Against this background, there is a lot of brightly comedic, but next to comic figures, many plebeian characters are artistically equal with heroes from the upper classes. In some novels they are the main characters, in Edinburgh Prison the heroine is the daughter of a small tenant farmer. Scott compared with the "sentimental" literature of the XVIII century. takes a further step towards the democratization of the novel and at the same time provides more vivid images. But more often than not, the main characters are conditionally idealized young people from the upper classes, deprived of great vitality.
The second main group of Scott's novels is devoted to the past of England and continental countries, mainly the Middle Ages and the 16th century. (“Ivanhoe” (Ivanhoe, 1819), “Quentin Durward” (Quentin Durward, 1823), “Kenilworth”, (Kenilworth, 1821), “Anne of Geierstein” (Anne of Geierstein, 1829), etc.). Here there is not that intimate, almost personal acquaintance with a still living tradition, the realistic background is not so rich. But it is precisely here that Scott especially deploys his exceptional flair for past eras, which led Auguste Thierry to call him "the greatest master of historical divination of all time." Scott's historicism is, first of all, external historicism, the resurrection of the atmosphere and color of the era. With this side, based on solid knowledge, Scott especially struck his contemporaries, who were not used to anything like this. The picture of the “classical” Middle Ages given by him (“Ivanhoe” - “Ivanhoe”, 1819) is now very outdated. But such a picture, at the same time carefully plausible and revealing a reality so different from modernity, has not yet been in literature. It was a real discovery of a new world. But Scott's historicism is not limited to this external, sensual side. Each of his novels is based on a certain concept of the historical process at a given time. Thus, "Quentin Dorward" not only gives a vivid artistic image of Louis XI and his entourage, but reveals the essence of his policy as a stage in the struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The concept of "Ivanhoe", where the central fact for England at the end of the XII century. the national struggle of the Saxons with the Normans was put forward, turned out to be unusually fruitful for the science of history - it was the impetus for the famous French historian Auguste Thierry. In assessing Scott, it must be remembered that his novels generally preceded the work of many historians of his time. In 1830, he suffers the first stroke of apoplexy, which paralyzed his right arm. And in 1832, not recovering from the fourth blow, Walter Scott died.
Currently, a museum of the famous writer is open on the estate of Scott Abbotsford.
(Walter Scott) is a famous British writer, poet, historian and lawyer of Scottish origin. Considered the founder of the historical novel genre.
Was born August 15, 1771 in Edinburgh, in the family of a wealthy lawyer. In a family of 13 children, six survived.
From childhood, the writer suffered from paralysis, as a result of which he remained lame for life. He was often taken for treatment to resort places. Despite his physical handicap, already at an early age he impressed those around him with a lively mind and a phenomenal memory, he read a lot.
In 1778 he returned to Edinburgh. From 1779 he studied at an Edinburgh school, in 1785 he entered Edinburgh College. In college, he became interested in mountaineering, became stronger physically, and gained popularity among his peers as an excellent storyteller.
Together with his friends, he organized the "Poetic Society" in college, studied German.
In 1792, he passed the bar exam at Edinburgh University. After that, he actively engaged in legal practice and traveled extensively around the country. Along the way, he collected folk tales and legends about the heroes of the country.
He became interested in translations of German poetry, anonymously published his translations of Burger's ballad "Lenora".
In 1791, he fell in love for the first time, but Villamina Belches preferred someone else to him. This was a severe blow to the young Walter, and he used the image of a girl more than once in his works. W. Scott married in 1797 to Charlotte Carpenter, was an exemplary family man; he loved his Abbotsford estate, which he rebuilt, making a small castle out of it.
In 1830, he suffers the first stroke of apoplexy, which paralyzed his right arm. In 1830-1831 Scott experiences two more apoplexy.
Scott's work is conditionally divided into two groups: novels dedicated to the recent past of Scotland and novels dedicated to the past of England, as well as continental countries in the Middle Ages. The first serious work of the poet appeared in 1800. It was a romantic ballad "Ivan's Evening". The events of Scottish history are most clearly depicted in such novels as "Guy Mannering", "Rob Roy", etc. Departing from Scotland, the writer depicted the historical events of England and neighboring countries in the novels Ivanhoe and Woodstock.
Sir Walter Scott. Born August 15, 1771 in Edinburgh - died September 21, 1832 in Abbotsford (buried in Dryborough). World famous British writer, poet, historian, collector of antiquities, lawyer, of Scottish origin. Considered the founder of the historical novel genre.
Born in Edinburgh, the son of a wealthy Scottish lawyer Walter John (1729-1799) and Anna Rutherford (1739-1819), daughter of a professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the ninth child in the family, but when he was six months old, only three survived. In a family of 13 children, six survived.
In January 1772, he fell ill with infantile paralysis, lost the mobility of his right leg and remained forever lame. Twice - in 1775 and in 1777 - he was treated in the resort towns of Bath and Prestonpans.
His childhood was closely associated with the Scottish Borders, where he spent time on his grandfather's farm in Sandinow, as well as at his uncle's house near Kelso. Despite his physical handicap, already at an early age he amazed those around him with a lively mind and a phenomenal memory.
In 1778 he returned to Edinburgh. From 1779 he studied at an Edinburgh school, in 1785 he entered Edinburgh College. In college, he became interested in mountaineering, became stronger physically, and gained popularity among his peers as an excellent storyteller.
He read a lot, including ancient authors, was fond of novels and poetry, he emphasized the traditional ballads and legends of Scotland. Together with his friends, he organized a "Poetic Society" in college, studied German and got acquainted with the work of German poets.
Most of his extensive knowledge Scott received not at school and university, but through self-education. Everything that interested him was forever imprinted in his phenomenal memory. He did not need to study special literature before writing a novel or a poem. The colossal amount of knowledge allowed him to write on any chosen topic.
The year 1792 becomes important for Scott: at the University of Edinburgh, he passed the bar exam. Since that time, he has become a respectable person with a prestigious profession and has his own legal practice.
In the early years of independent practice as a lawyer, he traveled a lot around the country, collecting folk legends and ballads about the Scottish heroes of the past along the way. He became interested in translations of German poetry, anonymously published his translations of Burger's ballad "Lenora".
In 1791 he met his first love, Williamina Belches, the daughter of an Edinburgh lawyer. For five years, he tried to achieve reciprocity with Williamina, but the girl kept him in limbo and in the end chose William Forbes, the son of a wealthy banker, whom she married in 1796. Unrequited love was the strongest blow for the young man; particles of the image of Villamina subsequently appeared more than once in the heroines of the writer's novels.
In 1797 he married Charlotte Carpenter (Charlotte Charpentier) (1770-1826).
In life he was an exemplary family man, a good, sensitive, tactful, grateful person; loved his Abbotsford estate, which he rebuilt into a small castle; he was very fond of trees, domestic animals, a good feast in the family circle.
Walter Scott began his career with poetry. The first literary performances of V. Scott occur at the end of the 90s of the 18th century: in 1796, translations of two ballads by the German poet G. Burger "Lenora" and "The Wild Hunter" were published, and in 1799 - a translation of the drama "Getz von Berlichingem".
The first original work of the young poet was the romantic ballad Ivan's Evening (1800). It was from this year that Scott began to actively collect Scottish folklore and, as a result, in 1802 he published the two-volume collection Songs of the Scottish Border. The collection includes several original ballads and many elaborate South Scottish legends. The third volume of the collection was published in 1803. The entire reading public in Great Britain was most captivated not by his innovative poems for those times, and not even by his poems, but, first of all, by the world's first novel in verse, "Marmion" (in Russian, it first appeared in 2000 in the publication "Literary Monuments").
Scott's novels were originally published without the author's name and were only revealed incognito in 1827.
Romantic poems of 1805-1817 brought him fame as the greatest poet, made popular the genre of lyrical-epic poem, which combines the dramatic plot of the Middle Ages with picturesque landscapes and a lyrical song in the style of a ballad: "The Song of the Last Minstrel" (1805), "Marmion" (1808) , "Lady of the Lake" (1810), "Rockby" (1813), etc. Scott became the true founder of the historical poem genre.
The prose of the already famous poet began with the novel Waverley, or Sixty Years Ago (1814). Walter Scott, in his poor health, had a phenomenal capacity for work: as a rule, he published at least two novels a year. During more than thirty years of literary activity, the writer created twenty-eight novels, nine poems, many stories, literary criticism, historical works.
At the age of forty-two, the writer first submitted his historical novels to the readers. Like his predecessors in this field, Walter Scott named numerous authors of "Gothic" and "antique" novels, he was especially captured by the work of Mary Edgeworth, whose work reflects Irish history. But Walter Scott was looking for his own way. "Gothic" novels did not satisfy him with excessive mysticism, "antique" novels - with incomprehensibility for the modern reader.
After a long search, Walter Scott created a universal structure of the historical novel, redistributing the real and the fictional in such a way as to show that it is not the life of historical persons, but the constant movement of history that cannot be stopped by any of the outstanding personalities, is the real object worthy of the attention of the artist. Scott's view of the development of human society is called "providentialist" (from Latin providentia - God's will). Here Scott follows Shakespeare. Shakespeare's historical chronicle comprehended national history, but at the level of the "history of kings."
Walter Scott translated the historical personality into the plane of the background, and brought fictitious characters to the forefront of events, whose fate is affected by the change of the era. Thus, Walter Scott showed that the driving force of history is the people, the people's life itself is the main object of Scott's artistic research. Its antiquity is never vague, foggy, fantastic; Walter Scott is absolutely accurate in depicting historical realities, because it is believed that he developed the phenomenon of "historical color", that is, he skillfully showed the originality of a certain era.
Scott's predecessors depicted "history for the sake of history", demonstrated their outstanding knowledge and thus enriched the knowledge of readers, but for the sake of knowledge itself. Not so with Scott: he knows the historical epoch in detail, but he always connects it with a modern problem, showing how a similar problem found its solution in the past. Consequently, Walter Scott is the creator of the historical novel genre; the first of these, Waverley (1814), appeared anonymously (the following novels until 1827 were published as works by the author of Waverley).
At the center of Scott's novels are events that are associated with significant socio-historical conflicts. Among them are Scott's "Scottish" novels (which are written on the basis of Scottish history) - "Guy Mannering" (1815), "The Antiquary" (1816), "The Puritans" (1816), "Rob Roy" (1818), The Legend of Montrose (1819).
The most successful among them are "Puritans" And "Rob Roy". The first depicts the rebellion of 1679, which was directed against the restored Stuart dynasty in 1660; the hero of "Rob Roy" is the people's avenger, the "Scottish Robin Hood". In 1818, a volume of the Encyclopædia Britannica appears with Scott's article "Chivalry".
After 1819, contradictions in the writer's worldview intensified. Walter Scott no longer dares to pose the question of the class struggle sharply, as before. However, the themes of his historical novels became noticeably wider. Going beyond Scotland, the writer turns to the ancient times of the history of England and France. The events of English history are depicted in the novels Ivanhoe (1819), The Monastery (1820), The Abbot (1820), Kenilworth (1821), Woodstock (1826), The Beauty of Perth (1828).
The novel "Quentin Dorward" (1823) is dedicated to the events in France during the reign of Louis XI. The scene of the novel "The Talisman" (1825) becomes the eastern Mediterranean of the era of the Crusades.
If we generalize the events of Scott's novels, we will see a special, peculiar world of events and feelings, a gigantic panorama of the life of England, Scotland and France, over several centuries, from the end of the 11th to the beginning of the 19th century.
In Scott's work of the 1820s, while maintaining a realistic basis, there is a significant influence of romanticism (especially in "Ivanhoe" - a novel from the era of the 12th century). A special place in it is occupied by the novel from modern life "St. Ronan Waters" (1824). The bourgeoisization of the nobility is shown in critical tones, the titled nobility is depicted satirically.
In the 1820s, a number of works by Walter Scott on the historical and literary history were published: The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (1827), The History of Scotland (1829-1830), The Death of Lord Byron (1824). The book "Biographies of the Novelists" (1821-1824) makes it possible to clarify Scott's creative connection with the writers of the 18th century, especially with Henry Fielding, whom he himself called "the father of the English novel."
Scott's novels fall into two main groups. The first is devoted to the recent past of Scotland, the period of civil war - from the Puritan revolution of the 16th century to the defeat of the mountain clans in the middle of the 18th century and beyond: Waverley (1814), Guy Mannering (1815), Edinburgh Dungeon (1818) , "Scottish Puritans" (1816), "Lammermoor Bride" (1819), "Rob Roy" (1817), "The Monastery" (1820), "The Abbot" (1820), "Saint Ronan Waters" (1823), " Antiquary" (1816) and others.
The second main group of Scott's novels is devoted to the past of England and the continental countries, mainly to the Middle Ages and the 16th century: Ivanhoe (1819), Quentin Dorward (1823), Kenilworth (1821), Charles the Bold, or Anna of Geierstein, Maid Darkness” (1829) and others. Here there is no intimate, almost personal acquaintance with a still living tradition, the realistic background is not so rich. But it is precisely here that Scott especially deploys his exceptional flair for past eras, which led Augustin Thierry to call him "the greatest master of historical divination of all time." Scott's historicism is primarily external historicism, the resurrection of the atmosphere and color of the era. With this side, based on solid knowledge, Scott especially struck his contemporaries, who were not used to anything like this.
The picture he gave of the "classical" Middle Ages Ivanhoe(1819), is now somewhat outdated. But such a picture, at the same time carefully plausible and revealing a reality so different from modernity, has not yet been in literature. It was a real discovery of a new world. But Scott's historicism is not limited to this external, sensual side. Each of his novels is based on a certain concept of the historical process at a given time.
The term "freelancer"(lit. "free spearman") was first used by Walter Scott in the novel "Ivanhoe" to describe the "medieval mercenary warrior."
So, "Quentin Dorward"(1823) gives not only a vivid artistic image of Louis XI and his entourage, but reveals the essence of his policy as a stage in the struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The concept of "Ivanhoe" (1819), where the national struggle of the Saxons with the Normans was put forward as the central fact for England at the end of the 12th century, turned out to be unusually fruitful for the science of history - it was the impetus for the famous French historian Augustin Thierry.
In assessing Scott, it must be remembered that his novels generally preceded the work of many historians of his time.
For the Scots, he is more than just a writer. He revived the historical memory of this people and opened Scotland to the rest of the world and, first of all, to England. Before him, in England proper, especially in its capital London, there was almost no interest in Scottish history, considering the highlanders "wild." Scott's works, which appeared immediately after the Napoleonic Wars, in which the Scottish riflemen covered themselves with glory at Waterloo, forced the educated circles of Great Britain to radically change their attitude towards this poor but proud country.
In 1825, a financial panic broke out on the London Stock Exchange, and creditors demanded payment of bills. Neither Scott's publisher nor J. Ballantyne, the printer's owner, were able to pay the cash and declared themselves bankrupt. However, Scott refused to follow suit and took responsibility for all the accounts signed by him, which amounted to £120,000, with Scott's own debts being only a small part of this amount. The exhausting literary work, to which he doomed himself in order to pay off a huge debt, took years of his life.
In 1830, he suffers the first stroke of apoplexy, which paralyzed his right arm. In 1830-1831 Scott experiences two more apoplexy.
Currently, a museum of the famous writer is open on the estate of Scott Abbotsford.
Prose by Walter Scott:
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer (1815)
Black Dwarf (1816)
Antiquary (1816)
Puritans (1816)
Edinburgh Dungeon (1818)
Rob Roy (1818)
Ivanhoe (1819)
The Legend of Montrose (1819)
Bride of Lammermoor (1819)
Abbot (1820)
Monastery (1820)
Kenilworth (1821)
The Adventures of Nigel (1822)
Peveril Peak (1822)
Pirate (1822)
Quentin Dorward (1823)
St. Ronan Waters (1824)
Redgauntlet (1824)
Talisman (1825)
Betrothed (1825)
Woodstock, or Cavalier (1826)
Two drivers (1827)
Highlander's Widow (1827)
Beauty of Perth, or Valentine's Day (1828)
Charles the Bold, or Anna of Geierstein, Maiden of Gloom (1829)
Count Robert of Paris (1831)
Castle Dangerous (1831)
Siege of Malta (1832).
Sir Walter Scott (August 15, 1771 – September 21, 1832) was an internationally renowned English writer, translator, historian and lawyer. It is believed that Walter Scott is the founder of a new genre in literature - the historical novel.
Childhood
Walter Scott was born on 15 August in Edinburgh. His father was a hereditary lawyer whose ancestors lived in Scotland. The mother of the future writer was of aristocratic origin and was the daughter of hereditary doctors.
Walter was the ninth child in a family of 13 children. However, due to the plague and cholera epidemic that prevailed at that time, only three children survived, including Walter.
A year after birth, the baby falls ill with infantile paralysis. At that time, there were no methods of treatment in the world, no specialists who could help the child cope with the disease. Therefore, Walter Scott, having survived the most difficult condition and on the mend, completely lost the mobility and sensitivity of his right leg (later this was what affected his peculiar lame gait).
Due to his disease, which greatly weakened the children's body, Scott is forced to leave for resorts for treatment several times. For several years of his life he visited Bath and Prestonpans, restoring his failing health. And then he was transferred from Edinburgh to his grandfather's farm, located in Sandino, where the parents planned to completely cure the child of paralysis (but, unfortunately, their desire did not work).
Youth and early writing career
In 1785, after graduating from high school, Walter Scott entered Edinburgh College. This period is a turning point in the entire biography of the future writer.
At first, he tries to maximize his physical stamina and even goes mountain climbing for a while, despite his handicap. By the way, it is thanks to sports that Walter manages to strengthen the body and immunity for subsequent numerous trips.
In addition, the young man begins to get seriously interested in literature and, in particular, ancient manuscripts, ballads, legends and traditions of his native Scotland. For his aspirations, as well as for the incredibly rich vocabulary acquired by Scott after reading numerous books, he becomes the soul of the company and receives the status of an excellent storyteller.
In the same year, Walter Scott, together with several classmates, organized the Poetry Society at the college. Its participants get the opportunity not only to share their impressions of the books they have read, but also to learn German, as well as to bring their own stories and poems for review. Soon the Poetry Society becomes one of the most popular in the college.
In 1792, Scott decides to try himself in the legal field and successfully passes all the exams for a lawyer. He is entrusted with several cases at once, as a result of which he is forced to travel around the country for some time. Walter wastes no time - he combines the work of a lawyer with collecting new and even more interesting Scottish legends. By the way, he even translates some of them into English. In particular, at this time he anonymously publishes his translation of Burger's ballad "Lenora".
Since 1796, Walter Scott retired as a lawyer and concentrated his attention on the creative career of a writer. Initially, he already openly published translations of the ballads "The Wild Hunter" and "Lenora", and later, in 1799, a translation into German of Goethe's drama "Getz von Berlichingen". Since 1800, an active independent work of a novice writer begins. Scott's works such as "Midsummer's Evening", "Songs of the Scottish Border", "Marmion" and others appear in publications.
After some time, Walter Scott begins to create his famous historical novels. Following the traditions of Shakespeare, he describes, rather, not the characters themselves, creating a story for them, but vice versa, tells about the inevitable and constant course of this very story that affects the life and actions of each character. This view of the world by Walter Scott would soon be called "providentialist" (from the Latin word for God's will).
Scott's first historical novel is Waverley, completed and published in 1814. This is followed by such works with socio-historical conflicts as "Guy Mannering" (1815), "The Antiquary" (1816), "The Puritans" (1816), "Rob Roy" (1818), "The Legend of Montrose" (1819) and other. After their release, Walter Scott becomes world famous, and many of his works are staged in theater and cinema at different times.
Personal life
Walter Scott was married twice. For the first time he fell in love in 1791 with Villamina Belches, the daughter of a famous lawyer in the city. The young people were in a difficult relationship, as Vinyamine kept Scott a little distant for five years. Finally, when a serious conversation took place between the lovers, it turned out that Vinyamina had long been engaged to the son of a local banker, so Walter was alone with his broken heart and an unattainable desire to return his first love.
Six years later, he meets an ordinary girl - saleswoman Charlotte Carpenter, whom he marries in six months. The happy couple has twins. Scott loved and cherished children very much.
Walter Scott; Scotland, Edinburgh; 08/15/1771 - 09/21/1832
Walter Scott is considered one of the greatest Scottish and English writers of all time. He is considered one of the founders of the historical novel genre, which was admired by his contemporaries and followers. So it was Scott's novels that inspired me to try myself in the genre of historical novel. After all, this English writer was as popular in Russia as at home. His novels were translated literally in a year (which was unusually fast for that time) and enjoyed great popularity. The novels of W. Scott have not lost their appeal to the modern reader. So "Ivanhoe" is a novel that is very popular, which allowed him to take a high place in our rating.
Biography of Walter Scott
Walter Scott was born into the family of a professor of medical sciences at the University of Edinburgh. In total, there were 13 children in the family, but only 6 survived. Walter also suffered a serious illness, which left him forever lame. The boy's childhood passed on his grandfather's farm, where, despite his physical handicaps, he amazed everyone with his phenomenal memory. At the age of eight, Walter enters the Edinburgh school, and after 6 years he goes to college. In college, he enjoys mountain climbing and reads a lot. Going in for sports allowed to strengthen the body and practically hid the chromate. At the same time, self-education in combination with a phenomenal memory allowed the author to study history in great detail.
At 21, Walter Scott successfully passed the exams at the University of Edinburgh and became a practicing lawyer, with his own legal practice. In the same year, he met Villamina Belches, whose hand he sought for more than 5 years, but who ultimately preferred a wealthy banker. Perhaps the names of this unrequited love inspired Walter Scott to poetry. It was in 1796 that the first translation of Scott's ballads by a German writer was published.
Despite the unrequited love that slipped for a long time in the images of the heroines of Scott's novels, a year later the young writer married Charlotte Carpenter. Their marriage lasted until the death of his wife and was quite strong. After all, Walter turned out to be a decent family man and a good business executive. Meanwhile, in the literary field, he conquered all of England with his novels in verse, which made him a famous poet.
However, in 1814 Walter Scott decides to try his hand at prose. His debut novel Waverley, or Sixty Years Ago was very well received by the literary community. The unusual combination of fictional characters with real historical events and a very detailed description of the era pleased the reader. This allowed Scott to write more and more actively in the genre of the historical novel. In the time before the death of the author in 1832 from a heart attack, Walter Scott managed to write 28 novels, 9 poems and many stories.
Novels by Scott at Top Books website
Our rating includes the novel by Scott "Ivanhoe". This novel, although not considered the best among the works of the author, received well-deserved love from readers as early as 1814. At that time, more than 10 thousand copies of the novel were sold. Those were really sky-high numbers. Thanks to the presence of "Ivanhoe" novel in the curriculum of some institutions, the popularity of the work is still quite large. This suggests the presence of Scott's novel "Ivanhoe" in the subsequent ratings of our site.
All books by Walter Scott
Poetry:
- The Vision of Don Roderick
- Ruler of the Isles
- Lady of the Lake
- Marmion
- Songs of the Scottish Border
- Song of the last minstrel
- Waterloo field
- rockby
Novels:
- abbot
- antiquary
- Highlander's Widow
- Woodstock, or Cavalier
- Guy Mannering, or Astrologer
- Count Robert of Paris
- Two chauffeurs
- The castle is dangerous
- Charles the Bold, or Anna of Geierstein, Maiden of Gloom
- Quentin Dorward
- Kenilworth
- Bride of Lammermoor
- Legend of Montrose
- Monastery
- Betrothed
- Siege of Malta
- Peveril Peak
- Perth Beauty, or Valentine's Day
- Pirate
- The Adventures of Nigel
- Puritans
- redgauntlet
- Rob Roy
- Saint Ronan Waters
- Mascot
- Waverley, or Sixty Years Ago
- black dwarf
- edinburgh dungeon
Historical works:
- Grandpa's stories
- Biographies of novelists
- Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
- History of Scotland
- Stories from the history of France
- Death of Lord Byron
