Old Mortality, Complete
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Students of Scott's historical fiction and Scottish literature
- Readers interested in religious conflict and long historical novels
- Researchers who need a complete public-domain English text for citation and searching
- Self-directed learners with some experience of long English fiction who are willing to look up background information
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking light entertainment and short, fast-paced narratives
- Those entirely unfamiliar with Scottish history and religious factions who do not wish to check references
- Beginning readers of English who need a Chinese parallel text
Reading tips
- Before starting, learn the historical background of the Covenanters to make characters' allegiances easier to identify.
- Take advantage of the complete edition by first reading the table of contents and chapter summaries to build a sense of the overall structure.
- When encountering dialect dialogue, focus first on the intent of the exchange rather than parsing every word, so as to keep up the reading pace.
- After finishing, revisit the key conflict chapters and sort out how historical events correspond to fictional characters.
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About the author
Walter Scott (Scott, Walter, 1771-1832) was a British writer known for his historical novels and narrative poetry. The library holds 94 of his works, including the representative Ivanhoe and Waverley Or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since — Complete, as well as The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2. His historical novels often draw on the history of Scotland and England, weaving real historical events into the fates of fictional characters, with unhurried plotting and vivid characterization; they exercised a profound influence on the development of the European historical novel. Ivanhoe, set in medieval England, is among his most widely read works. Publicly available information on his nationality, dates of birth and death, and other biographical details is limited, so no speculation is offered here.
