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Walter Scott

Born

in Edinburgh, Scotland

August 15, 1771

Died

September 21, 1832

Website

http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/home.html

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry

Influences

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot, was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), Waverley (1814), Old Mortality (1816), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), along with the narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He had a major impact on European and American literature.

As an advocate, judge, and legal administrator by profession, he combined writing and editing with his daily work as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. He was prominent in Edinburg ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 139,171 ratings · 6,721 reviews · 11,098 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 95,756 ratings — published 1819 — 4342 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 — 10,022 ratings — published 1817 — 959 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 — 5,724 ratings — published 1814	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 3.83 avg rating — 2,627 ratings — published 1823 — 897 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) 3.64 avg rating — 2,030 ratings — published 1819 — 670 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 3.78 avg rating — 1,423 ratings — published 1823 — 820 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) 3.69 avg rating — 1,374 ratings — published 1818 — 534 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 3.87 avg rating — 1,284 ratings — 418 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 3.68 avg rating — 1,024 ratings — published 1821 — 614 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 (Grandes Aventuras) 3.89 avg rating — 931 ratings — published 1987 — 38 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

Tales of My Landlord (7 books)
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3.65 avg rating — 4,562 ratings

Tales of the Crusaders (2 books)
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3.82 avg rating — 2,786 ratings

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Andrew Hook (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

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3.63 avg rating — 319 ratings

Tales of a Scottish Grandfather (4 books)
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4.12 avg rating — 75 ratings

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

1352 likes

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

tags: education, homeschool

1210 likes

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

tags: deception, honesty, inspirational, lies, truth

1056 likes

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What book would you like to read for our September 2023 Group Read? The theme is Perseverance.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Classics, Fantasy

23 votes 24.0%

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Fiction, Contemporary

21 votes 21.9%

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Nonfiction, True Crime, History

14 votes 14.6%

Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Nonfiction

9 votes 9.4%

I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
Nonfiction, Biography

7 votes 7.3%

Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
Classics, Historical Fiction

7 votes 7.3%

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Classsics, Historical Fiction

6 votes 6.3%

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Nonfiction, Memoir

5 votes 5.2%

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nonfiction, Self Help

4 votes 4.2%

96 total votes

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