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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 · 148,751 ratings · 7,982 reviews · 5,991 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ivanhoe 3.77 avg rating — 100,650 ratings — published 1819 — 4343 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 — 10,477 ratings — published 1817 — 798 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 — 6,266 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 3.82 avg rating — 2,836 ratings — published 1823 — 135 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 — 2,280 ratings — published 1819 — 616 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 — 1,581 ratings — published 1810 — 1414 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 — 1,535 ratings — published 1823 — 814 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) 3.72 avg rating — 1,472 ratings — published 1818 — 618 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 3.88 avg rating — 996 ratings — published 1987 — 13 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 Antiquary by Walter Scott, Nicola J. Watson (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 834 ratings — published 1816 — 383 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)
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Walter Scott,

Graham Tulloch (Editor, Introduction)

3.77 avg rating — 100,715 ratings

Tales of My Landlord (7 books)
by

Walter Scott

3.67 avg rating — 5,041 ratings

Tales of the Crusaders (2 books)
by

Walter Scott

3.81 avg rating — 3,010 ratings

Chronicles of the Canongate (2 books)
by

Walter Scott,

Andrew Hook (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

D. Mackenzie (Editor)

3.66 avg rating — 340 ratings

Tales of a Scottish Grandfather (4 books)
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Walter Scott,

George Grant (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)

4.19 avg rating — 94 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

1365 likes

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

tags: education, homeschool

1214 likes

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

tags: deception, honesty, inspirational, lies, truth

1079 likes

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December 2022 Revisit the Shelf Poll

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott pub, 1868; 449 pages, Group read July 2015

47 votes, 22.8%

Summer by Edith Wharton (1917) 127 pages, last read Aug. 2018

33 votes, 16.0%

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

32 votes, 15.5%

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote (1956) 48 pages, last read Dec. 2019

32 votes, 15.5%

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939) 479 pages, last read July 2019

30 votes, 14.6%

Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville (1851), 654 pages, last read as a long-read April-June 2017

21 votes, 10.2%

Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1854), 352 pages Last read Nov. 2017

11 votes, 5.3%

206 total votes

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