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Walter Scott

Born

in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

August 15, 1771

Died

September 21, 1832

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry

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Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer, widely recognized as the founder and master of the historical novel. His most celebrated works, including Waverley, Rob Roy, and Ivanhoe, helped shape not only the genre of historical fiction but also modern perceptions of Scottish culture and identity.

Born in Edinburgh in 1771, Scott was the son of a solicitor and a mother with a strong interest in literature and history. At the age of two, he contracted polio, which left him with a permanent limp. He spent much of his childhood in the Scottish Borders, where he developed a deep fascination with the region's folklore, ballads, an ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 146,623 ratings · 7,641 reviews · 8,492 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ivanhoe 3.77 avg rating — 99,436 ratings — published 1819 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rob Roy (Waverley Novels, #4) 3.69 avg rating — 10,368 ratings — published 1817 — 792 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waverley 3.44 avg rating — 6,133 ratings — published 1814 — 677 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Talisman 3.82 avg rating — 2,785 ratings — published 1823 — 788 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott, J.H. Alexander (Editor), Kathryn Sutherland (Introduction) 3.67 avg rating — 2,220 ratings — published 1819 — 692 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady of the Lake 3.86 avg rating — 1,562 ratings — published 1810 — 1640 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quentin Durward 3.79 avg rating — 1,502 ratings — published 1823 — 868 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter Scott, Tony Inglis (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 1,447 ratings — published 1818 — 629 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kenilworth 3.70 avg rating — 1,092 ratings — 209 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robin Hood 3.89 avg rating — 986 ratings — published 1987 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Walter Scott

Ivanhoe (1 book)
by

Walter Scott,

Graham Tulloch (Editor, Introduction)

3.77 avg rating — 99,497 ratings

Tales of My Landlord (7 books)
by

Walter Scott

3.67 avg rating — 4,913 ratings

Tales of the Crusaders (2 books)
by

Walter Scott

3.81 avg rating — 2,955 ratings

Chronicles of the Canongate (2 books)
by

Walter Scott,

Andrew Hook (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

D. Mackenzie (Editor)

3.66 avg rating — 336 ratings

Tales of a Scottish Grandfather (4 books)
by

Walter Scott,

George Grant (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)

4.16 avg rating — 89 ratings

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Quotes by Walter Scott (?)

“Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.”
― Walter Scott, The Heart of Mid-Lothian

tags: revenge

1360 likes

“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”
― Sir Walter Scott

tags: education, homeschool

1216 likes

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.”
― Walter Scott, Marmion

tags: deception, honesty, inspirational, lies, truth

1074 likes

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April 2021 Revisit the Shelf Poll

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 532 pages, pub. 1847 last read July 2016

63 votes, 24.0%

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 320 pages, pub. 1984, last read Dec. 2012

60 votes, 22.8%

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 667 pages, pub. 1869, last read April 2016

44 votes, 16.7%

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 496 pages, pub. 1943, last read Aug 2019

34 votes, 12.9%

Ivanhoe by Walter Scott 496 pages, pub. 1819, last read Jan 2017

26 votes, 9.9%

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1026 pages, pub. 1615, last read Sept. 2015

18 votes, 6.8%

Despair by Vladimir Nabokov 212 pages, pub. 1934, last read Sept. 2013

18 votes, 6.8%

263 total votes

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