Delphi Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, the Scottish novelist, poet, historian and biographer, is often regarded as the inventor of the historical novel, who produced a wide body of literary works, having a profound impact on world literature. This comprehensive eBook presents Scott’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 7)



* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Scott’s life and works

* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts

* ALL 26 novels, with individual contents tables

* Rare novels and shorter fiction often missed out of collections

* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Famous works such as WAVERLEY, ROB ROY and IVANHOE are fully illustrated with their original artwork

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry

* Easily locate the poems you want to read

* Includes Scott’s rare poetry collections and plays – available in no other collection

* Includes a wide selection of Scott’s non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author’s varied works

* Special criticism section with essays by writers such as Henry James, Leslie Stephen and Charles Dickens examining Scott’s literary achievements

* Features two biographies – discover Scott’s literary life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

* UPDATED with entirely revised texts, new formatting, rare plays and new introductions



CONTENTS:



The Novels

WAVERLEY

GUY MANNERING

THE ANTIQUARY

BLACK DWARF

OLD MORTALITY

ROB ROY

THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN

THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR

A LEGEND OF MONTROSE

IVANHOE

THE MONASTERY

THE ABBOT

KENILWORTH

THE PIRATE

THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL

PEVERIL OF THE PEAK

QUENTIN DURWARD

ST. RONAN’S WELL

REDGAUNTLET

THE BETROTHED

THE TALISMAN

WOODSTOCK

THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH

ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN

COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS

CASTLE DANGEROUS



The Shorter Fiction

CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE

MY AUNT MARGARET’S MIRROR

THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER

DEATH OF THE LAIRD’S JOCK.

MISCELLANEOUS SHORT PIECES



The Plays

GOETZ VON BERLICHINGEN

HALIDON HILL

MACDUFF’S CROSS

THE DOOM OF DEVORGOIL

AUCHINDRANE

THE HOUSE OF ASPEN



The Poetry Collections

TRANSLATIONS AND IMITATIONS FROM GERMAN BALLADS

THE MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER

THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL

BALLADS AND LYRICAL PIECES

MARMION

THE LADY OF THE LAKE

THE VISION OF DON RODERICK

THE BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN

ROKEBY

THE FIELD OF WATERLOO

THE LORD OF THE ISLES

HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS



The Poems

LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER



The Non-Fiction

THE LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN

PAUL’S LETTERS TO HIS KINSFOLK

THE JOURNAL OF SIR WALTER SCOTT

THE LETTERS OF MALACHI MALAGROWTHER

THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE

TALES OF A GRANDFATHER

LETTERS ON DEMONOLOGY AND WITCHCRAFT

TRIAL OF DUNCAN TERIG, ALIAS CLERK, AND ALEXANDER BANE MACDONALD

MISCELLANEOUS PROSE WORKS



The Criticism

SIR WALTER SCOTT by William Hazlitt

SIR WALTER SCOTT by Leslie Stephen

THE POEMS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT by Andrew Lang

LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS by Andrew Lang

SIR WALTER SCOTT AND THE BORDER MINSTRELSY by Andrew Lang

SIR WALTER SCOTT AS A CRITIC OF LITERATURE by Margaret Ball

SIR WALTER SCOTT: A LECTURE by William Ker

SIR WALTER SCOTT by Henry James

MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS by Robert Louis Stevenson

SCOTT AND HIS PUBLISHERS by Charles Dickens

SIR WALTER SCOTT AND LADY MORGAN by Victor Hugo



The Biographies

SIR WALTER SCOTT by Richard H. Hutton

SIR WALTER SCOTT by George Saintsbury



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