At its centre is the story of Edward Waverley,an idealistic young man who fights for the Jacobite forces in 1745.Gentle Rose Bardwardine's heart is lost ot Edward,bot he is soon drawn to Flora Mac-Ivor,whose beauty and spirited dedication to the Stuart cause capture his romantic imagination.Accused of himself finally comes in battle……
Walter Scott so vividly evoked the romantic landscape of Scotland and the hopes and disappointments of its hero that Waverley's popularity endures to this day.
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SIR WALTER SCOTT(1771-1832).Scottish novelist,balad-collector,poet,critic and man of letters-but prob-ably of all these Scott is best remembered as a writer of picaresque novels of chivalry and romance.In Thomas Love Peacock's words,'He has the rare talent of pleasing all rands and classes of men,from the peer to the peasant.'
Wauerley(1814),Scott's first novel,is often regarded as the first historical novel ever written and is one of the most significant books of the nineteenth century.In addition to the influence it had on the history of the novel,its impact on the rqeading public was like nothing before and possibly nothing since-it is said that everyone who read,read Scott. |
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