Walter Scott: 696 books

Romanzo storico scritto intorno al 1819, è ambientato nell'Inghilterra medievale sul finire del Dodicesimo Secolo. Considerato come il primo vero esempio di romanzo storico, narra la storia del valoroso Sir Wilfred di Ivanhoe, coraggioso cavaliere che mostra inediti tratti di simpatia, pur non trovando...

Storico  

Romanzo epico ambientato nell’Inghilterra del XII secolo che, attraverso la storia del condottiero Ivanhoe che combatte a fianco di Riccardo Cuor di Leone, narra il contrasto tra normanni e sassoni. In un turbinio di battaglie, colpi bassi e troni usurpati, troverà posto anche l'amore per la bella Rowena. Libro in lingua originale inglese con traduzione in italiano.

Romanzo nel quale Sir Philip a seguito di un matrimonio di convenienza con Lady Jemima parte volontario in guerra a fianco del Duca di Marlborough. Lady Jemima non avendo più notizie del conserte, si affida ad un presunto dottore di Padova in grado di mettere in contatto persone lontane: attraverso...

Romanzo a tinte fosche, che narra l'amore di Edgard e Lucy, vittime dell'odio delle rispettive famiglie che porterà ad intrighi, uccisioni e pazzia. Libro in lingua originale inglese con traduzione in italiano.

FEW have been in my secret while I was compiling these narratives, nor is it probable that they will ever become public during the life of their author. Even were that event to happen, I am not ambitious of the honoured distinction, digito monstrari. I confess that, were it safe to cherish such dreams...

Armstrong had been known during his father's lifetime as the Laird's Jock, or son; and being possessed of great strength and courage, had distinguished himself in the use of a two-handed sword, bequeathed to him by a Saxon outlaw, in many of the single combats which took place between the English...

The Novel or Romance of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the Author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the manner in which the novels were composed cannot be better illustrated...

When the Editor of the following volumes published, about two years since, the work called the "Antiquary," he announced that he was, for the last time, intruding upon the public in his present capacity. He might shelter himself under the plea that every anonymous writer is, like the celebrated...

No introduction can be more appropriate to the work than some account of the singular character whose name is given to the title-page, and who, through good report and bad report, has maintained a wonderful degree of importance in popular recollection. This cannot be ascribed to the distinction of...

Extrait : "Chaque quartier d'Edimbourg à quelque objet particulier dont il est fier ; de sorte que cette ville réunie dans cette enceinte, si vous voulez croire les habitants sur parole, autant de variété que de beauté, autant d'intérêt historique que de sites pittoresques."

Il était aussi près que possible  ; mais ce qu’était cet objet, elle ne pouvait le dire. Il semblait être arrêté près d’un chêne vieux et immense. COLERIDGE.  Ainsi commence le manuscrit de mistress Baliol  :   ...

The term "Castle Dangerous" was applied to the feudal home of the Scotch Douglases, because of the many fierce fights for its possession which raged between the English and the Scotch lords, during the struggle of Kobert Bruce against King Edward I. Sir James Douglas, popularly called the...