Ivanhoe (Penguin Classics)
Scott, Walter
ISBN 10: 0140431438 ISBN 13: 9780140431438
Published by Penguin Classics, 1984
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Sir Walter Scott's novel of courage and honour in which young nobleman Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to claim his inheritance and the love of Rowena.
Review: Ivanhoe was the first of Scott's novels to be located wholly in England, and the first to take place in the middle ages. But it is far from being the fantastic, medievalist romance associated (in the critical imagination) with a visionary Britain that never was. This is a serious novel, the first in English to deal carefully with race. And at the same time, it is an incredibly exciting read for contemporary readers. Ivanhoe was the first of Scott's novels to be located wholly in England, and the first to take place in the middle ages. But it is far from being the fantastic, medievalist romance associated (in the critical imagination) with a visionary Britain that never was. This is a serious novel, the first in English to deal carefully with race. And at the same time, it is an incredibly exciting read for contemporary readers.
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Title: Ivanhoe (Penguin Classics)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: paperback
Condition: Fair