Sir walter scott biography

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, widely popular in the first half of the 19th century.

Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime.^[1] As adventures, Ivanhoe, and Rob Roy are very well-known, and both were made into films.

Waverley is important because it is the first historical novel. It was, for most readers, their first encounter with Highland culture. Scott wove together history and fiction. What he started with Waverley, he continued with his other novels.

Scott wrote very many books.

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Though many of his works are little read now, they sold well in their day, and paid for his great house, Abbotsford. Of his poetry The Lady of the Lake is best liked.

Scott was also an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession.

Throughout his career he combined his writing and editing w