Bücher von Walter Scott

Non m'arresterò a descrivere, perchè superiori ad ogni descrizione, i sentimenti di sdegno e di cordoglio che si straziavano a vicenda il cuore del sere di Ravenswood nell'allontanarsi dal castello de' suoi antenati. Il biglietto di lady Asthon era concepito in termini sì sgradevoli, che non gli sarebbe stato permesso il rimanere un istante di più entro il recinto di quelle mura, e mostrarsi consentaneo a quella alterezza, che in lui anche troppo allignava. Il marchese di Athol ravvisava in parte, come arrecato a se stesso, l'affronto sofferto dal suo parente; ma coll'animo di far qualche tentativo a fine di riconciliare gli animi delle due parti, lo lasciò partir solo, dopo averne otte...

In una gola delle montagne che fiancheggiano le fertili pianure del Lothian orientale, innalzavasi nell'età scorsa un ragguardevole castello, del quale oggidì non si scorgono che le rovine, ed è chiamato Ravenswood; nome che era pur quello della famiglia de' proprietarj del luogo, antichissimi e bellicosi, e un dì possenti baroni, congiunti per parentela ai Douglas, agli Hume, agli Swinton, agli Hays, e alle famiglie più distinte di quelle vicinanze. La storia de' ridetti baroni e delle illustri lor geste, commemorata negli Annali della Scozia, si confondea spesse volte colla storia medesima di questo reame.

Scott's Lady of the Lake , a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Rob-Roy, un livre classique, a été considéré comme important tout au long de l'histoire humaine, et pour que cet ouvrage ne soit jamais oublié, nous, aux éditions Alpha, nous sommes efforcés de le préserver en republiant ce livre dans un format moderne pour les générations présentes et futures. Tout ce livre a été reformaté, retapé et conçu. Ces livres ne sont pas constitués de copies numérisées de leur travail original et, par conséquent, le texte est clair et lisible.

Quentin Durward, un livre classique, a été considéré comme important tout au long de l'histoire humaine, et pour que cet ouvrage ne soit jamais oublié, nous, aux éditions Alpha, nous sommes efforcés de le préserver en republiant ce livre dans un format moderne pour les générations présentes et futures. Tout ce livre a été reformaté, retapé et conçu. Ces livres ne sont pas constitués de copies numérisées de leur travail original et, par conséquent, le texte est clair et lisible.

Le nain noir, un livre classique, a été considéré comme important tout au long de l'histoire humaine, et pour que cet ouvrage ne soit jamais oublié, nous, aux éditions Alpha, nous sommes efforcés de le préserver en republiant ce livre dans un format moderne pour les générations présentes et futures. Tout ce livre a été reformaté, retapé et conçu. Ces livres ne sont pas constitués de copies numérisées de leur travail original et, par conséquent, le texte est clair et lisible.

In twelfth-century England, tensions between the Saxons and Normans are at an all-time high. Following the Third Crusade, Sir Wilfred Ivanhoe, a Saxon knight, offers his support to the Norman King Richard, which pits him against his father, Cedric. Ivanhoe is also in love with the beautiful Lady Rowena, whom Cedric has promised to another. Due to his actions, the knight loses his family claim and is left to fend for himself. Ivanhoe chooses to conceal his identity, entering a tournament to regain his honor and the admiration of Lady Rowena.A classic tale informed by historical events, Ivanhoe is one of Sir Walter Scott's most enduring stories due to its depiction of chivalry, adventure and treachery within the political hierarchy.

Era el año de gracia de 1162, bajo el reinado de Enrique II; dos viajeros, con las vestimentas sucias por una larga caminata y el aspecto extenuado por la fatiga, atravesaban una noche los estrechos senderos del bosque de Sherwood, en el condado de Nottingham. El aire era frío; los árboles, donde empezaban ya a despuntar los débiles verdores de marzo, se estremecían con el soplo del último cierzo invernal, y una sombría niebla se extendía sobre la comarca a medida que se apagaban sobre las purpúreas nubes del horizonte los rayos del sol poniente. Pronto el cielo se volvió oscuro, y unas ráfagas de viento sobre el bosque presagiaron una noche tormentosa. ¿Ritson ¿dijo el viajero de más edad, envolviéndose en su capä, el viento está redoblando su violencia; ¿no teméis que la tormenta nos sorprenda antes de llegar? ¿Estamos en el buen camino? Ritson respondió: ¿Vamos derechos a nuestro destino, milord, y, si mi memoria no falla, antes de una hora llamaremos a la puerta del guardabosque. Los dos desconocidos anduvieron en silencio durante tres cuartos de hora, y el viajero a quien su compañero otorgaba el tratamiento de milord gritó impaciente: ¿¿Llegaremos pronto? ¿Dentro de diez minutos, milord. ¿Bien; pero ese guardabosque, ese hombre a quien llamas Head, ¿es digno de mi confianza?

Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (Volume 1) by Walter Scott has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (Volume 2); Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Walter Scott has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

St. Ronan's Well is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

2023 Reprint of the 1924 edition. Volume One. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This reprint comprises Volume One of Scott's four volume work on Hermes Trismegistus. "Hermes Trismegistus is the ascribed author of the Hermetica, an extensive corpus of Greek and Latin writings composed during the time of the Roman Empire. Variously considered a philosopher, magician, and mythological figure, Hermes Trismegistus and the Hermetica have been a subject of perennial fascination for generations.... First published in 1924, this classic...work contains various Greek and Latin writings of religious or philosophic teachings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, with Walter Scott's extensive notes, commentary, and addenda. It is said that these teachings are records of private, intimate talks between a teacher and one or two of his disciples. The setting was in Egypt under the Roman Empire, among men who had received some instruction in Greek philosophy, and especially the Platonism of the period, but were not content with merely accepting and repeating the cut-and-dried dogmas of the orthodox philosophic schools and sought to build up, on a basis of Platonic doctrine, a philosophic religion that would better satisfy their needs." From the Shambala Publications Website. Contents: I. Introduction, texts and translation --II. Notes on the Corpus Hermeticum -- III. Notes on the Latin Asclepius and the Hermetic excerpts of Stobaeus -- IV. Testimonia, with introduction, addenda and indices by A.S. Ferguson.

The Antiquary first published in 1816. The Antiquary deals with the problem of how to understand the past so as to enable the future. Set in the tense times of the wars with revolutionary France, it displays Scott's matchless skill at painting the social panorama and in creating vivid characters, from the earthy beggar Edie Ochiltree to the loquacious and shrewdly humorous Antiquary himself. The Antiquary, Scott's personal favorite among his novels, is characteristically wry and urbane. A mysterious young man calling himself 'Lovel' travels idly but fatefully toward the Scottish seaside town of Fairport. Here he is befriended by the antiquary Jonathan Oldbuck, who has taken refuge from his own personal disappointments in the obsessive study of miscellaneous history.

A Legend of Montrose is an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Scotland in the 1640s during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It forms, along with The Bride of Lammermoor, the 3rd series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1819. Against the background of Montrose's campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott's most memorable creations - Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket. This hard-headed Aberdonian contrasts tellingly with the weird and passionate Highland feud in which he becomes perilously entangled, as the narrative moves from Dalgetty's unflinching encounter with the Duke of Argyll, to his dramatic escape from Inveraray Castle to the battle of Inverlochy.

The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The plot is not related to that of Walter Scott's 1825 novel of the same name, although there is one oblique reference to "a Sir Walter Scott novel." The Talisman was nominated for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards in 1985. All in all, despite a few dated references to homosexuality, a slow start and a slightly damselly best friend, the Talisman was a truly epic journey. Many reviewers describe it as a kid's book for adults, a conclusion with which I wholeheartedly agree, indeed if you spent your childhood entranced by authors like C. S.

One of the Waverley Novels by Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf was part of his Tales of My Landlord, 1st series. It is set in 1708, in the Scottish Borders, against the background of the first uprising to be attempted by the Jacobites after the Act of Union. One of the harshest reviews was in the Quarterly Review, written anonymously by Scott himself.The introduction to The Black Dwarf attributes the work to Jedediah Cleishbotham, whom Scott had invented as a fictional editor of the Landlord series. It is here that we have the most complete view of this character.

El ardiente sol de Siria no había alcanzado aún su punto de mayor elevación en el horizonte, cuando un caballero cruzado que había abandonado su lejano hogar, en el Norte, para unirse a la hueste de los Cruzados en Palestina, atravesaba lentamente los arenosos desiertos que rodean al Mar Muerto, llamado también lago Asfaltites, donde las aguas del Jordán se reúnen en un mar interior, que no envía a otro alguno el tributo de sus olas. El peregrino guerrero había caminado entre rocas y precipicios durante la primera parte de la mañana. Más tarde, saliendo de aquellos roqueños y peligrosos desfiladeros, había salido a la gran llanura en que las ciudades malditas provocaron, en tiempos lejanos, la directa y terrible venganza del Omnipotente. El viajero olvidó las fatigas, la sed y los peligros de la jornada, al recordar la espantosa catástrofe que había convertido en árido y triste desierto el encantador y fértil valle de Siddim, antes regado y bello como el Paraíso, y reducido hoy a una soledad requemada por los rayos del sol y condenada a eterna esterilidad.

En aquel hermoso cantón de la dichosa Inglaterra bañado por las cristalinas aguas del río Don se extendía antiguamente una inmensa floresta que ocultaba la mayor parte de los valles y montañas que se encuentran entre Sheffield y la encantadora ciudad de Doncaster. Aún existen considerables restos de aquel bosque en las magníficas posesiones de Wentwort, Warncliffe-Park y en las cercanías de Rotherdham. Este fue, según la tradición, el Teatro de los estragos ejecutados por el fabuloso dragón de Wantley; allí se dieron algunas batallas libradas en las guerras civiles, cuando peleó la rosa encarnada contra la rosa blanca, y allí también campearon las partidas de valientes proscriptos, tan celebrados por sus hazañas en las populares canciones de Inglaterra.