Rob Roy (1817) is a historical novel by Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels.It is probably set in 1715, the year of the first Jacobite uprising, and the social and economic background to that event are an important element in the novel, though it is not treated directly. The depiction of Rob Roy bears little relation to the historical figure: 'there are two Rob Roys.

The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810.Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day. There are voluminous antiquarian notes. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme, to win the love of …

Walter Scott, segundo Baronet (Edimburgo, 16 de agosto de 1772 – Abbotsford House, 21 de septiembre de 1832) fue un escritor británico prolífico del Romanticismo, especializado en novelas históricas, género del que puede considerarse inventor, [1] además de ser poeta y editor.Fue conocido en toda Europa en su época, y, en cierto sentido, fue el primer autor que …

Walter Scott (Sir Walter Scott, 1 er baronnet [1]) est un poète, écrivain et historien écossais né le 15 août 1771 à Édimbourg et mort le 21 septembre 1832 à Abbotsford.. Avocat de formation, amateur d'antiquités [2], il parcourt d'abord l'Écosse, à la recherche de son passé.Au tournant des XVIII e et XIX e siècles, il se lance dans la littérature, publiant des textes anciens ...

Ivanhoe: A Romance (/ ˈ aɪ v ən ˌ h oʊ /) by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels.Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting stories in Scotland and in the more recent past. Ivanhoe became one of Scott’s best-known and most influential novels.

Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field is a historical romance in verse of 16th-century Scotland and England by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1808.Consisting of six cantos, each with an introductory epistle, and copious antiquarian notes, it concludes with the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, Old Mortality, The Heart of Mid-Lothian and The Bride of Lammermoor, and the narrative poems The Lady of the Lake …

The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819, one of the Waverley novels.The novel is set in the Lammermuir Hills of south-east Scotland, shortly before the Act of Union of 1707 (in the first edition), or shortly after the Act (in the 'Magnum' edition of 1830). It tells of a tragic love affair between young Lucy Ashton and her family's enemy Edgar ...

Scott wurde als neuntes von zwölf Geschwistern geboren, von denen sechs schon im Kindesalter starben. Im zweiten Lebensjahr infizierte er sich mit Polio und hatte deswegen für den Rest seines Lebens ein gelähmtes Bein. Sein Vater, ebenfalls Walter Scott, war Rechtsanwalt und als Writer to the Signet ein Solicitor (Allgemeinanwalt) mit erweiterten Kompetenzen.

Biografia Primi anni di vita La casa a Edimburgo dove Walter Scott visse dai quattro ai ventisei anni (tra il 1775 e il 1797) Walter White nacque il 15 agosto 1997 a Edimburgo da una famiglia di antiche tradizioni scozzesi; il padre, Walter, pur esercitando la professione di avvocato, si dedicava saltuariamente a studi storici e teologici; la madre Anne Rutherford, colta e raffinata, …