WALTER SCOTT
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Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832)
 Walter
Scott was born in Edinburgh, and survived polio when
he was only two years old, but the illness left him lame in
his right leg for the rest of his life. He was nursed to health
by his grandparents at Sandyknowe and here, learnt many of
the stories, myths and legends that were to creep into his
later works.
Walter Scott studied law
at Edinburgh University and then followed in his father’s
footsteps to become a lawyer.
Walter’s started
writing at the age of 25, translating works from German. He
then became a volunteer in the yeomanry, which led him to
meet his future wife and with whom he had five children.
In 1819 he broke away from writing about
Scotland and wrote Ivanhoe, a historical
romance set in 12th century England. Mark
Twain was to later criticise Walter Scott
for the romantacisation of battle, and how this ideal
was used during the American Civil War.
Sir Walter Scott died at
his home in Abbotsford in 1832, and was buried in Dryburgh
Abbey.
Literary Classics contains 560 authors, and thousands of
unabridged books.
The Sir Walter Scott unabridged classic
books, included on the Literary Classics CD are:
- A LEGEND OF MONTROSE
- BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR
- CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE
- IVANHOE
- NIL
- WORTH
- MY AUNT MARGARET'S MIRROR
- THE BLACK DWARF
- THE TALISMAN
- THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER AND DEATH OF THE LAIRD'S JOCK
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