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(3.75) | 2 / 474 | Relates the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade. |
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 Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) » Add other authors (103 possible) Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Scott, Sir Walter | Author | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Blanch, C. | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Bonet, Ildefonso | Translator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Brock, C. E. | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Davidson, Frederick | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Dettore, Ugo | Translator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Domingual, Cristián | Cover artist | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Franklin, John | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Hill, James | Cover artist | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Hitchcock, Alfred M. | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Moffett, H. Y. | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Page, Michael | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Richards, G. M. | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Springer, Nancy | Foreword | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Tulloch, Graham | Introduction | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Wilson, Edward A. | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Wood, Gillen D'Arcy | Introduction | secondary author | some editions | confirmed |
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In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster.  | |
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With the life of a generous, but rash and romantic monarch, perished all the projects which his ambition and his generosity had formed; to whom may be applied, with a slight alteration, the lines composed by Johnson for Charles of Sweden— His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress and an “humble” hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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This is the main work for Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott. Please do not combine with any adaptation, abridgment, etc. ISBN 0821204718 - edited, abridged, and annotated by Robin S. Wright. Academy Classics for junior high schools series - abridged and edited by J.C. Tressler ISBN 028970250X, DUTCH: 90-02-13331-6 - Edited, abridged and annotated by Robin S. Wright; illustrated by Christopher Bradbury ISBNs 1587172488, 1587172496 - Adapted by Marianna Mayer
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▾Book descriptions Relates the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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The attitudes toward Jews in the novel make one uncomfortable in the same way that you feel when reading The Merchant of Venice. It is obvious that Scott himself does not sanction this view of Jews, but even the characters who admire and are helped by Rebecca make comments regarding being defiled by her presence or touch. I constantly had to attempt to put myself into the time in question and remind myself that this is history and to have written it any other way would have been false.
It is easy to see why Sir Walter Scott was a popular writer in his time and has survived. The story is fun, in the same way tales of King Arthur and his Knights are. The descriptions of the lists and tournaments are vivid portrayals. There are plot surprises, there is laughter, particularly in the forms of a jester and a Thane, and there is familiarity in the characters that we have seen time and again from this era, Richard the Lion-Hearted, Robin Hood and his Merry Men, and the evil King John. (