LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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O’ Henry
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R L Stevenson
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Ernest Hemingway
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Sir Walter Scott
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ivanhoe, historical romance by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), Waverley (1814), Old Mortality (1816), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), along with the narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810).
Detailed explanation-3: -Sir Walter Scott, in full Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, (born August 15, 1771, Edinburgh, Scotland-died September 21, 1832, Abbotsford, Roxburgh, Scotland), Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer who is often considered both the inventor and the greatest practitioner of the historical novel.
Detailed explanation-4: -Scott became an instant best seller with historical narrative poems like The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), followed by The Lady of the Lake (1810), Rokeby (1813), and The Lord of the Isles (1815). He also wrote immensely successful historical novels.