| Edition |
Popular ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (624 pages). |
| Series |
Sir Walter Scott anthology |
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Sir Walter Scott anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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| Note |
Preface signed: D. D. [i.e. David Douglas] |
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November, 1825-April, 1832. |
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Original document: Book. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
One of the most rare and telling pieces of literature from Scott's canon,ℓThe Journal of Sir Walter Scottℓwas the author's personal diary, which he kept between 1825 and 1832. Since its first publication in 1890, almost 60 years after Scott's death, critics have considered the journal one of the best in the English language. Detailing the financial hardship that befell the author in 1826, the journal reveals the emotional road out of debt, the struggle to produce bestselling novel after bestselling novel and the final days of Sir Walter Scott's life. Scott was inspired to keep his own journal after reading theℓDiary of Samuel Pepysℓin July of 1825. His son-in-law would later write that he had never observed Scott having such delight in reading a book than he did with that volume. Since its publication,ℓThe Journalℓhas been considered one of Scott's greatest works. Portraying the frantic emotions of near bankruptcy, the elation of having occupational success and the pain of losing loved ones, it is no wonderℓThe Journalℓhas been noted as one of the most sincerest books in the world. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 -- Diaries.
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Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- Diaries.
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| Added Author |
Douglas, David, 1823-1916, editor.
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