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(1771-1832)
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English Author
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The master of historical romances
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Born in Edinburgh, Scott developed soon his interest for the
old Border tales and ballads.
Like Somerset Maugham's
father, Scott's own father was a solicitor too.
Intending to follow in his father's track, Scott studied
Arts and Law at the Edinburgh University, and in 1792 he was
called to the bar.
In 1797, he married Margaret Charlotte Charpentier, a
French woman, with whom he had five children.
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After translating some German literature, including a
play of Goethe, in 1803, he
published Minstrelsy Of The Scottish Border, his first
major work. His fame started with a poem, The
Lay Of The Last Minstrel (1805). Rob Roy (1817)
a portrait of one of Scotland's greatest heroes, was his
second big success - 10 000 copies were sold in fifteen
days. His world famous Ivanhoe was published in
1819.
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In 1820 Scott was raised to the rank of baronet.
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In 1826, Walter Scott, whose wife was French, met Fennimore Cooper in Paris and they became
close friends. Scott was there to collect material for his
Life Of Napoleon Scott had many followers in
his genre, the most famous of all being the French Alexandre Dumas
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