Walter Scott

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1、WalterScottI.AnOverviewSir?WalterScott,1stBaronet(15August1771---21September1832)wasaScottishhistoricalnovelist,playwright,andpoet,popularthroughoutmuchoftheworldduringhistime.ScottwasthefirstEnglish-languageauthortohaveatrulyinternationalcareerinhislifetime,?withmanycontemporaryreadersinEu

2、rope,Australia,andNorthAmerica.Hisnovelsandpoetryarestillread,andmanyofhisworksremainclassicsofbothEnglish-languageliteratureandof?Scottishliterature.FamoustitlesincludeIvanhoe,?RobRoy,?TheLadyoftheLake,?Waverley,?TheHeartofMidlothian?and?TheBrideofLammermoor.II.LifeExperienceBorninCollegeW

3、ynd?inthe?OldTown?of?Edinburgh?in1771,thesonofasolicitor,Scottsurvivedachildhoodboutof?polio?in1773thatlefthimlame.Tocurehislamenesshewassentin1773toliveathispaternalgrandparents'farm.?HerehewastaughttoreadbyhisauntJenny,andlearnedfromherthespeechpatternsandmanyofthetalesandlegendsthatchara

4、cterisedmuchofhiswork.Scottbeganstudyingclassicsatthe?UniversityofEdinburgh?inNovember1783,attheageofonly12,ayearorsoyoungerthanmostofhisfellowstudents.InMarch1786hebegananapprenticeshipinhisfather'sofficetobecomeaWritertotheSignet.Scottmettheblindpoet?ThomasBlacklock?wholenthimbooksaswella

5、sintroducinghimto?JamesMacpherson's?Ossian?cycleofpoems.Duringthewinterof1786–87the15-year-oldScottsawRobertBurns?atoneofthesesalons,forwhatwastobetheironlymeeting.Aftercompletinghisstudiesinlaw,hebecamealawyerinEdinburgh.Hehadanunsuccessfullovesuitwithawoman,whomarriedScott′sfriendSir?Will

6、iamForbes,6thBaronet.In1813,ScottwasofferedthepositionofPoetLaureate.Hedeclined,andthepositionwenttoRobertSouthey.In1825and1826,abankingcrisissweptthroughthecitiesofLondonandEdinburgh.TheBallantineprintingbusiness,inwhichhewasheavilyinvested,crashed,resultinginhisbeingverypubliclyruined.Hep

7、lacedhishouseandincomeinatrustbelongingtohiscreditors,anddeterminedtowritehiswayoutofdebt.Hekeptuphisprodigiousoutputoffiction,aswellasproducingabiographyof?NapoleonBonaparte,until1831.Bythenhishealthwasfailing.Notwithstandingthis,heundertookagrandtourof

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