Sir Walter Scott

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The life of Sir Walter Scott, Sea writer of narrative poetry ao described in this book, toge exploration of most of his liter
Sir Walter Scott, the son of a was born in 1771 and spent childhood on his grandfather Sandyknowe near Kelso. On Edinburgh, he attended die completed his education at E After woridng for his father for so studied ibr the Bar and was admitt

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His first love, howvei; was literature, and in spite of performuig his legal duties diligcnth; he took care to ensure that they permitted him enough free time in which to write. From his first publication in 1796 until his death in 1832, Scott >ecame a one-man industr)' producing a huge volume of literary works during his lifetime.
Although they presented a very romanticised picture of Scotland's past histor)'; his popular historical novels, the Waverley Novels, with their highly coloured dramatic scenes, romantic episodes and poetic language, had a great impact on his feilov^Scots and are regarded by many... Tovább

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The life of Sir Walter Scott, Sea writer of narrative poetry ao described in this book, toge exploration of most of his liter
Sir Walter Scott, the son of a was born in 1771 and spent childhood on his grandfather Sandyknowe near Kelso. On Edinburgh, he attended die completed his education at E After woridng for his father for so studied ibr the Bar and was admitt

Faculty
His first love, howvei; was literature, and in spite of performuig his legal duties diligcnth; he took care to ensure that they permitted him enough free time in which to write. From his first publication in 1796 until his death in 1832, Scott >ecame a one-man industr)' producing a huge volume of literary works during his lifetime.
Although they presented a very romanticised picture of Scotland's past histor)'; his popular historical novels, the Waverley Novels, with their highly coloured dramatic scenes, romantic episodes and poetic language, had a great impact on his feilov^Scots and are regarded by many as his masterpieces.
ÍS in 1792.
Illustration by Maurice Mechan
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