8V Sir Walter Scott WAVERLEY NOVELS Decorative Binding Gilt Illustrated Scottish Literature Monastery Guy Mannering Redgauntlet Pirate Kenilworth St Ronans Well Peveril of the Peak Betrothed Rob Roy Heart of Mid-Lothian

Book Details: This decoratively bound eight-volume collection of the Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott features green cloth-covered boards with black design and accents, with gilt lettering and a small illustration of Scott. Each volume is enhanced by a frontispiece and additional illustrations. Titles found in this collection include:

The Monastery
Guy Mannering and Anne of Geierstein
Redgauntlet and The Pirate
Kenilworth and St. Ronan’s Well
The Fortunes of Nigel and Count Robert of Paris
Peveril of the Peak and The Betrothed
The Black Dwarf and Old Mortality and Quentin Durward
Rob Roy and The Heart of Mid-Lothian

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

Although primarily remembered for his extensive literary works and his political engagement, Scott was an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, and throughout his career combined his writing and editing work with his daily occupation as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire.

Scott gathered the disparate strands of contemporary novel-writing techniques into his own hands and harnessed them to his deep interest in Scottish history and his knowledge of antiquarian lore. The technique of the omniscient narrator and the use of regional speech, localized settings, sophisticated character delineation, and romantic themes treated in a realistic manner were all combined by him into virtually a new literary form, the historical novel. His influence on other European and American novelists was immediate and profound.
Condition / Notes: These handsomely bound volumes show well, with some typical indications of age and wear, including shelfwear and rubbing. The bindings and text blocks are sound. Text and illustrations are clear and crisp through mild age toning.

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