Waverley - Couverture souple

Scott, Sir Walter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0451000927 ISBN 13 : 9780451000927

Editeur : New American Library, 1964

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Sir Walter SCOTT (1771-1832), son of Walter Scott, a Writer to the Signet, was born in College Wynd, Edinburgh, educated at Edinburg High School and University, and apprenticed to his father. He spends part of his childhood in the rural Scottish Borders at his paternal grandparents' farm at Sandyknowe. Here he was taught to read by his aunt Jenny, and learned from her the speech patterns and many of the tales and legends that characterised much of his work. He was called to the bar in 1792. At the age of 25 he began to write professionally, translating works from German. His first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by Gottfried August Bürger in 1796. He then published a three-volume set of collected ballads of his adopted home region, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. In 1820, Scott was created baronet. Scott´s influence as a novelist was incalculable: he established the form of the “Historical Novel”, and the form of the short story with “The Two Drovers” and “The Highland Widow”. He was avidly read and imitated throughout the 19th cent, and there was a revival of interest from European Marxist critics in the 1930´s, who interpreted his works in terms of historicism. Postmodern tastes favoured discontinuous narratives and the introduction of the "first person", yet they were more favourable to his work than Modernist tastes. Scott is now seen as an important innovator and a key figure in the development of Scottish and world literature. “Waverley » (1814). First novel of Sir Walter Scott. Edward Waverley, a young English dreamer and soldier, is sent to Scotland, where he is attracted to the Jacobite cause and takes part in the Battle of Prestonpans (September 1745). The Waverley Novels express the belief in the need for social progress that does not reject the traditions of the past, and shows the influence of the 18th-century Enlightenment.

Quatrième de couverture

'Walter Scott invented the historical novel...only Shakespeare can equal him as a creator of characters' Daily Mail

King George is on the throne, but there are those in Scotland who swear loyalty to the Stuart heir, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and are prepared to stake his claim in conflict and bloodshed. Young Edward Waverley is caught in the middle: son of a Hanoverian yet nephew and heir to a Jacobite, a captain in the King's army yet drawn to the brave Highlanders and their romantic history. Edward must choose where his loyalties lie, even as his heart is torn between gentle Rose Brawardine, and the passionate, principled Flora Mac-Ivor.

See also: Ivanhoe

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New American Library
• Date d'édition: 1964
• ISBN 10: 0451000927
• ISBN 13: 9780451000927
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais