The Life of Sir Walter Scott
Author | : S. Fowler Wright |
Publisher | : Borgo Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 1434444600 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781434444608 |
Rating | : 4/5 (608 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Life of Sir Walter Scott written by S. Fowler Wright and published by Borgo Press. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is one of the best-loved Scottish writers. Beginning with a series of poetry collections and nonfiction works, Scott quickly became known as a rising force in British letters. But it was with the publication of Waverley (1814), the first of a series of sixteen bestselling historical novels known collectively as the Waverley novels, that the writer established himself as a literary icon. Such works as Guy Mannering, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, and Kenilworth, among many others, are still widely read today, and have never been out-of-print. S. Fowler Wright here provides a definitive biography of the writer and the man, showing how his antecedents in Scotland colored all of his later work, and following the rapid rise of his reputation--and the simultaneous onset of the financial troubles that plagued his later years. A masterful portrait of a great (and still vital) poet and novelist.