The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Memoirs & Letters
Historical Novels, Border Ballads, Memoirs, and LettersBy Walter Scott
Length836h 27m
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The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott gathers the major achievements of a writer who effectively established the historical novel in English, alongside short fiction, poetry, memoirs, and correspondence that illuminate his literary career. From the medieval borderlands of Waverley and Ivanhoe to the political and social tensions of The Heart of Mid-Lothian and Old Mortality, Scott transforms archival history into vivid narrative, combining panoramic description, regional speech, adventure, romance, and a penetrating sense of cultural change. His verse romances, notably The Lay of the Last Minstrel and Marmion, reveal the same fascination with legend, national memory, and contested identity, while the supplementary writings offer valuable biographical and critical context. Together, these texts exemplify Romantic historicism: an imaginative reconstruction of the past that also reflects anxieties about modernity, class, nationhood, and tradition. Scott (1771–1832), a Scottish novelist, poet, antiquarian, and advocate, drew deeply upon Border ballads, Scottish folklore, legal history, and the political struggles that shaped Britain. His professional training as an advocate and his extensive collecting and editing of traditional materials furnished the documentary knowledge behind his fiction. Writing during the Romantic period, he united Enlightenment historical inquiry with Romantic interest in emotion, landscape, and popular culture, profoundly influencing European literature. This volume is recommended to readers seeking both the pleasures of expansive storytelling and an understanding of how modern historical fiction developed. It suits students of Romanticism, Scottish studies, literary history, and cultural memory, while offering general readers an exceptionally rich introduction to Scott's imaginative range and enduring influence.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length836 hrs 27 mins
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Publish dateJun 15, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Basset-Table (Annotated)
26Chapter XV
2The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Memoirs & Letters (Illustrated)
27Chapter XVI
3INTRODUCTION:
28Chapter XVII
4Famous Authors on Scott
29Chapter XVIII
5SIR WALTER SCOTT AND LADY MORGAN by Victor Hugo
30Chapter XIX
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6MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS by Robert Louis Stevenson
31Chapter XX
7SCOTT AND HIS PUBLISHERS by Charles Dickens
32Chapter XXI
8WAVERLY NOVELS:
33Chapter XXII
9WAVERLEY
34Chapter XXIII
10Introduction
35Chapter XXIV
11Volume I
36Chapter XXV
12Chapter I
37Chapter XXVI
13Chapter II
38Chapter XXVII
14Chapter III
39Chapter XXVIII
15Chapter IV
40Chapter XXIX
16Chapter V
41Volume II
17Chapter VI
42Chapter I
18Chapter VII
43Chapter II
19Chapter VIII
44Chapter III
20Chapter IX
45Chapter IV
21Chapter X
46Chapter V
22Chapter XI
47Chapter VI
23Chapter XII
48Chapter VII
24Chapter XIII
49Chapter VIII
25Chapter XIV
50Chapter IX
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