The Fortunes of Nigel
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| Author | Sir Walter Scott |
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| Country | Scotland, England |
| Language | English, Lowland Scots |
| Series | Waverley Novels |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
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| Released | 1822 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
The Fortunes of Nigel (1822) is a novel written by Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Philip Sidney said of the book, "A tale which holdeth children from play & old men from the chimney corner."
Clutterbuck is the imaginary author of The Fortunes of Nigel, as well as the patron to whom Scott's book The Abbot is dedicated.
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Having, in the tale of the Heart of Mid-Lothian, succeeded in some degree in awakening an interest in behalf of one devoid of those accomplishments which belong to a heroine almost by right, I was next tempted to choose a hero upon the same unpromising plan; and as worth of character, goodness of heart, and rectitude of principle, were necessary to one who laid no claim to high birth, romantic sensibility, or any of the usual accomplishments of those who strut through the pages of this sort of composition, I made free with the name of a person who has left the most magnificent proofs of his benevolence and charity that the capital of Scotland has to display.
[edit] External links
- The Fortunes of Nigel, available freely at Project Gutenberg
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
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