The Complete Poetry - Premium Sir Walter Scott Collection (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Romantic epics and Scottish Border ballads, with essays by Victor Hugo, R. L. Stevenson & DickensBy Walter Scott
Length53h 13m
About this audiobook
Gathering Scott's major narrative poems, ballads, songs, and occasional verses, The Complete Poetry—Premium Sir Walter Scott Collection reveals the full range of the poet who made the Scottish past a central subject of Romantic literature. Works such as The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, and The Lady of the Lake combine antiquarian learning with swift storytelling, martial cadence, vivid landscape, and dramatic dialogue. Rooted in oral tradition yet shaped by polished metrical experiment, these poems stand at the junction of eighteenth-century ballad revival, Gothic medievalism, and the national-historical imagination. Walter Scott (1771–1832), born in Edinburgh and steeped from childhood in Border legends, law, clan memory, and manuscript culture, brought to poetry the habits of both collector and advocate. His Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, legal training, and travels through the Highlands and Borders furnished the historical texture and moral sympathy that animate his verse, before his fame expanded through the Waverley novels. This collection is recommended to readers seeking the poetic foundations of historical fiction, Scottish Romanticism, and nineteenth-century medieval revival. It rewards both specialists and general readers with energetic narratives, memorable characters, and a richly imagined national past.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length53 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 15, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Poetry - Premium Sir Walter Scott Collection (Annotated)
28THE FIRE-KING
2Introduction
29THE NOBLE MORINGER
3Author Biography
30THE BATTLE OF SEMPACH
4Historical Context
31THE ERL-KING
5Synopsis (Selection)
32Contributions to “The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border”
Show all chaptersShow less
6INTRODUCTION:
33THE EVE OF ST. JOHN
7Famous Authors on Scott
34CADYOW CASTLE
8POETRY:
35THOMAS THE RHYMER
9Notable Poems
36THE GRAY BROTHER
10MARMION (pt. 1)
37GLENFINLAS; OR, LORD RONALD’S CORONACH
11MARMION (pt. 2)
38Poems from Novels and Other Poems
12THE LADY OF THE LAKE (pt. 1)
39The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 1)
13THE LADY OF THE LAKE (pt. 2)
40The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 2)
14THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL (pt. 1)
41The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 3)
15THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL (pt. 2)
42The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 4)
16ROKEBY (pt. 1)
43The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 5)
17ROKEBY (pt. 2)
44The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 6)
18THE VISION OF DON RODERICK
45The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 7)
19THE BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN
46The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 8)
20THE FIELD OF WATERLOO
47The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 9)
21THE LORD OF THE ISLES (pt. 1)
48The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 10)
22THE LORD OF THE ISLES (pt. 2)
49The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 11)
23HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS
50ANDREW LANG’S VIEW OF SCOTT:
24Translations and Imitations from German Ballads
51Analysis
25THE WILD HUNTSMAN
52Reflection
26WILLIAM AND HELEN
53Memorable Quotes
27FREDERICK AND ALICE
Graf Robert von Paris (Kommentiert)Walter Scott18h 35m$2 · $0.00
Der schwarze Zwerg (Kommentiert)Walter Scott9h$1 · $0.00
Quentin Durward (Band 1&2) (Kommentiert)Walter Scott25h 28m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott: Chronicles of the Canongate, The Keepsake Stories, The Highland Widow, The Tapestried Chamber, Halidon Hill, Auchindrane and many more (Annotated)Walter Scott72h 27m$2 · $0.00
The Heroes of the Scottish Highlands Collection: Ivanhoe, Waverley & Rob Roy (Illustrated) (Annotated)Walter Scott61h 7m$2 · $0.00
Rob Roy (Historischer Roman) (Kommentiert)Walter Scott20h 6m$1 · $0.00
Mary Stuart's Fortune and End: The Monastery & The Abbot (Annotated)Walter Scott38h 18m$2 · $0.00
Die Jungfrau vom See (Kommentiert)Walter Scott5h 50m$1 · $0.00
Die Braut von Lammermoor (Basierend auf wahren Begebenheiten) (Kommentiert)Walter Scott17h 20m$1 · $0.00
Der Kerker von Edinburg (Kommentiert)Walter Scott18h 53m$1 · $0.00
Eine Sage von Montrose (Kommentiert)Walter Scott12h 30m$1 · $0.00
Ivanhoe (Geannoteerd)Walter Scott23h 46m$2 · $0.00
Guy Mannering (Kommentiert)Walter Scott23h 13m$1 · $0.00
Der Pirat (Kommentiert)Walter Scott24h 34m$1 · $0.00
Romans de Waverley (Collection Complète - 23 Romans Historiques) (Annoté)Walter Scott457h 45m$2 · $0.00
Die Schwärmer (Kommentiert)Walter Scott19h 34m$1 · $0.00
Romans de Waverley: La Collection Complète (Annoté)Walter Scott457h 42m$2 · $0.00
Peveril vom Gipfel (Kommentiert)Walter Scott22h 31m$1 · $0.00
Anne de Geierstein (Annoté)Walter Scott24h 7m$2 · $0.00
And the World Spins AnywayGeorgie Jones1h 45m$20 · $0.00
TerraformPropaganda5h 39m$24 · $0.00
The Essential NerudaPablo Neruda1h 55m$25
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)Samuel Taylor Coleridge1h 57m$2 · $0.00
UnashamedHarry Baker1h 33m4.0 (1)$20 · $0.00
Maybe You Never Cry AgainBernie Mac4h 25m$20 · $0.00
Inquire WithinIn-Q2h 18m$16 · $0.00
The Poetic EddaJackson Crawford6h 24m$17
Poems of ParentingLoryn Brantz42m4.0 (1)$9 · $0.00
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson5h 23m$16
The Weary Blues (Annotated)Langston Hughes2h 13m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)Edgar Allan Poe18h 27m$2 · $0.00
Stranger MusicLeonard Cohen5h 45m$20
The Essential Rumi, New Expanded EditionJalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi9h 24m$20
The Complete Poetry (Annotated)Oscar Wilde6h 44m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works (Annotated)Robert Burns38h 34m$2 · $0.00
Saundarya LahariUnknown Author3h 16m5.0 (1)$18 · $0.00
The Mesnevi (Annotated)Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi18h 41m$2 · $0.00
Songs of a SourdoughRobert W. Service2h 13m$1 · $0.00
Little Flower of Jesus (Annotated)Thérèse of Lisieux5h 4m$2 · $0.00
You may also like
MarmionWalter Scott4h 19m$1.80 · $0.00
The Gift of the MagiO. Henry13m$2 · $0.00
The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English LiteratureConrad Hjalmar Nordby2h 26m$1 · $0.00
Yale Required Reading - Collected Works (Vol. 1)Aristotle, Plato, Euripides, Gilbert Murray, Epictetus, Pindar, Theocritus, Homer, Plutarch, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Anacreon, Sappho, Thucydides, Hesiod, Demosthenes, Lysias, Alcaeus, Archilochus, Theognis of Megara, Simonides of Ceos, Bacchylides, Apollonius, Callimachus201h 56m$2 · $0.00
Sir Gawain and the Lady of LysJessie L. Weston2h 57m$1 · $0.00
Odysseus, the Hero of IthacaHomer6h 32m$2 · $0.00
Taliessin through LogresCharles Williams3h 20m$1 · $0.00
The Greatest Classics of Ancient GreeceAristotle, Plato, Euripides, Gilbert Murray, Epictetus, Theocritus, Homer, Plutarch, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Anacreon, Sappho, Thucydides, Hesiod, Demosthenes, Lysias, Alcaeus, Archilochus, Theognis of Megara, Simonides of Ceos, Bacchylides, Apollonius, Callimachus202h 49m$1 · $0.00
Old English PoemsAnonymous5h 28m$1 · $0.00
The Complete PoemsHenry Wadsworth Longfellow33h 58m$1 · $0.00
Persian Literature, Volume 1, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The GulistanSadi15h 43m$2.30
The Sea HawkManohar Malgonkar11h 19m$29 · $0.00
The Story of the Grail and the Passing of ArthurHoward Pyle9h 10m$20
Stories to Tell ChildrenSara Cone Bryant5h 55m$2 · $0.00
Warriors of Old Japan, and Other StoriesYei Theodora Ozaki5h 50m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Poems (Annotated)Henry Wadsworth Longfellow38h 8m$2 · $0.00
Chronicle of the CidAnonymous8h 33m$2 · $0.00
The Panjandrum Picture BookRandolph Caldecott6m$1 · $0.00
Lays of Ancient RomeThomas Babington Macaulay2h 45m$2 · $0.00
Persian Literature, Ancient and ModernElizabeth A. Reed13h 2m$2 · $0.00