The Life of Sir Walter Scott: A Biography

by Wright, S. Fowler
ISBN: 9781434444608
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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.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Wright, S. Fowler
  • ISBN: 9781434444608
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 1.67
  • Number Of Pages: 760
  • Publication Year: 2012
Language: English