walter scott

Here's a place to discuss the writings of this author who was once ranked with Shakespeare, who was one of Britain's most noted authors, and who is now little read. If you are quite at home in our time, such that obsessing about raceclassandgender seems to you the natural occupation of an...

The synopsis looks interesting, and I liked Ivanhoe. Was wondering if anyone had opinions on this other novel of his, Count Robert of Paris?

Waverly; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since, by Sir Walter Scott All right, I just had to write a review on this, as it's part of my latest obsession. I really didn't think I was going to like at it at all when I started, because the prose is very antiquated, and it took several chapters for...