Young Walter Scott (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Janet Gray
- First Published: 1935
- Time of Work: 1778–1788
- Setting: Edinburgh and Kelso, Scotland
- Principal Characters: Walter Scott, Anne Rutherford Scott, Walter Scott, John Scott, Anne Scott, John Irving
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Authors or writers, Education or educators, Schools or school life, Writing, Novelists, Scotland or Scottish people, Biography, Tutors or tutoring
- Locales: Edinburgh, Scotland
Form and Content
Young Walter Scott is a third-person narrative biography that possesses many of the characteristics of a historical novel. Although she had much material about Sir Walter Scott available to her, Elizabeth Gray Vining made the story of his youth more appealing to young readers by inventing dramatic scenes, complete with dialogue, and by describing Scott’s thoughts and feelings at crucial points throughout his youth. Few could complain about her approach; although much of the book is the product of her imagination, Vining remains true to history and...
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