The Life of Sir Walter Scott: A Biography (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781434444608)

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is one of the best-loved Scottish writers. Beginning with a series of poetry collections and nonfiction works, Scott quickly became known as a rising force in British letters. But it was with the publication of Waverley (1814), the first of a series of sixteen bestselling historical novels known collectively as the Waverley novels, that the writer established himself as a literary icon. Such works as Guy Mannering, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, and Kenilworth, among many others, are still widely read today, and have never been out-of-print. S. Fowler Wright here provides a definitive biography of the writer and the man, showing how his antecedents in Scotland colored all of his later work, and following the rapid rise of his reputation--and the simultaneous onset of the financial troubles that plagued his later years. A masterful portrait of a great (and still vital) poet and novelist.

Author: S. Fowler Wright
ISBN-10: 1434444600
ISBN-13: 9781434444608
Publisher: Borgo Press
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2012
Pages: 760
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.67d