Monday, August 13, 2007

Even Quicker Question

Am putting together list for Outmoded Authors Challenge. I definitely want to have a Walter Scott, but which one? Need recommendations!
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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rob Roy is kind of fun: cattle thieves, conspiracies, and a feisty, intellectual woman. Sure there are some dry spots (it is Walter Scott after all) but I thought it was quite fun!

August 13, 2007 at 7:19 AM
jenclair said...

My favorite was Kenilworth, a version about the alleged murder of Amy Robisard, the Earl of Leicester's wife whom he married in secret to Elizabeth I's great displeasure.

However, I read Scott as a teenager and have no idea how his novels would hold up. I adored them at the time!

August 13, 2007 at 7:34 AM
Gentle Reader said...

Waverley is the one I'd like to read, but I haven't yet, so expert I'm not. And people also say The Heart of Midlothian is good.

August 13, 2007 at 12:26 PM
Eva said...

Thanks for all of the tips! Rob Roy is in my library, so I'll definitely be checking that one out. Kenilworth would be interesting to read because I read Phillipa Gregory's take on the same story this year. And I'll look at the other two as well!

August 14, 2007 at 8:29 PM
meli said...

Ivanhoe of course!

btw, lovely blog-header.

August 16, 2007 at 4:27 AM
Rebecca H. said...

If you read Waverley, we could read it together! Although, of course, I understand if you want to read one of the others ... :)

August 16, 2007 at 3:56 PM
Eva said...

Meli, see that's the obvious one. ;) Of course you're a Medievalist, so that carries quite a bit of weight! I'm glad you like the header. :)

Dorothy W., that's tempting! I'll let you know what I decide. :)

August 17, 2007 at 12:14 AM
meli said...

hihi! I read it early this year and found it quite entertaining. Robin Hood, Anglo-Saxons, and a hot Jewish chick. Kenilworth is on my list too, and as Scott is usually referred to as 'the author of Waverley', I guess that's also essential reading. I read most of 'The Pirate' a couple of years ago (my current supervisor edited it) and that's fun too. (The only reason I didn't finish it is that I read it for a class and had lots of time constraints...)

August 17, 2007 at 2:53 AM
Eva said...

Meli, thanks for the expanded advice: I'm hoping to pick some of these up at the library. :)

August 26, 2007 at 8:56 PM

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