Ivanhoe

Walter Scott, Graham Tulloch, Graham Tulloch

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Penguin Classics
10 October 2000

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IVANHOE (1819) was the first of Scott's novels to adopt a purely English subject and was also his first attempt to combine history and romance, which later influenced Victorian medievalism. Set at the time of the Norman Conquest, Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to claim his inheritance and the love of Rowena and becomes involved in the struggle between Richard Coeur de Lion and his Norman brother John.

The gripping narrative is structured by a series of conflicts- Saxon versus Norman, Christian versus Jew, men versus women, played out against Scott's unflinching moral realism.

By: Walter Scott
Introduction by: Graham Tulloch
Edited by: Graham Tulloch
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 373g
ISBN: 9780140436587
ISBN 10: 0140436588
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 10 October 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Walter Scott (1771-1832) was born and educated in Edinburgh. He trained as a lawyer and later entered the printing business. He published several volumes of poetry and turned down the offer of the laureateship before concentrating on fiction. He is credited with establishing the form of the historical novel and the short story. Graham Tulloch is a Reader in English at Flinders University, South Australia. He has published several books on Scott.