Walter Scott was born on August 15^th, 1771, the ninth child and third son of Walter Scott and his wife Anne. His father was a stern and conscientious lawyer who thought literature a trivial subject and advocated steady professional dedication as the means of progress. He was his own best example, having already moved from a farming community to the city and married above his station, and was resolutely rising in the world. Though he would l…

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Uglow, Nathan. "Sir Walter Scott". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 March 2002
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Articles on Scott's works

1. A Legend of Montrose
2. Guy Mannering
3. Ivanhoe
4. Kenilworth
5. Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field
6. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
7. Old Mortality
8. Redgauntlet
9. Review of Jane Austen’s <em>Emma</em>
10. Rob Roy
11. The Bride of Lammermoor
12. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
13. The Lady of the Lake
14. The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem
15. The Pirate
16. Waverley, Or, Tis Sixty Years Since

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1. English Romanticism
2. Adventure Fiction

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