The Journal of Sir Walter Scott
by Walter Scott (1771–1832)
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"The Journal of Sir Walter Scott" by Walter Scott is a diary kept between 1825 and 1832. It chronicles Scott's catastrophic financial collapse in 1826 and his heroic seven-year struggle to write his way out of debt totaling over £125,000. Through personal tragedies, declining health, and relentless work, Scott records his race against time with unflinching honesty. Critics have hailed it as one of the finest diaries in English literature—a candid self-portrait revealing both the greatness and vulnerability of a literary giant.
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 · Diaries
- Authors, Scottish · 19th century · Diaries
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Volume I: Burt Franklin New York
Published by BURT FRANKLIN
235 East 44th St., New York, N.Y. 10017
Originally Published: 1890
Reprinted: 1970
Printed in the U.S.A.
S.B.N. 32110
Library of Congress Card Catalog No.: 73-123604
Burt Franklin: Research and Source Works Series 535
Essays in Literature and Criticism 82
"_I shall have a peep at Bothwell Castle if it is only for
half-an-hour. It is a place of many recollections to me, for I
cannot but think how changed I am from the same Walter Scott who
was so passionately ambitious of fame when I wrote the song of
Young Lochinvar at Bothwell; and if I could recall the same
feelings, where was I to find an audience so kind and patient, and
whose applause was at the same time so well worth having, as Lady
Dalkeith and Lady Douglas? When one thinks of these things, there
is no silencing one's regret but by Corporal Nym's philosophy_:
Things must be as they may. _One generation goeth and another
cometh."—To LORD MONTAGU, June 28th,_ 1825.
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This free edition of The Journal of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #14860, released 2005-02-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Biographies, British Literature.
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