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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 · 146,705 ratings · 7,651 reviews · 8,492 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ivanhoe 3.77 avg rating — 99,474 ratings — published 1819 — 4402 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 — 10,371 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 — 6,138 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 — 2,788 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 — 2,224 ratings — published 1819 — 14 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 — 1,563 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 — 351 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 — 484 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 — 99,534 ratings

Tales of My Landlord (7 books)
by

Walter Scott

3.67 avg rating — 4,916 ratings

Tales of the Crusaders (2 books)
by

Walter Scott

3.81 avg rating — 2,958 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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Polls

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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, 331 pages, 1955

57 votes, 16.5%

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 331 pages, 1911

44 votes, 12.8%

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, 592 pages, 1957

29 votes, 8.4%

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1276 pages, 1844

28 votes, 8.1%

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, 329 pages, 1856

27 votes, 7.8%

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, 325 pages, 1962

24 votes, 7.0%

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, 320 pages, 1935

23 votes, 6.7%

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, 464 pages, 1847

22 votes, 6.4%

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, 521 pages, 1854

20 votes, 5.8%

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, 518 pages, 1891

19 votes, 5.5%

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 964 pages, 1877

19 votes, 5.5%

King Lear by William Shakespeare, 338 pages, 1603

16 votes, 4.6%

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, 489 pages, 1848

14 votes, 4.1%

Rob Roy by Walter Scott, 501 pages, 1817

3 votes, 0.9%

345 total votes

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