Ivanhoe

thumb|Ivanhoe on the Scott Monument, Edinburgh (sculpted by John Rhind)

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Author: Sir Walter Scott
First published: 1800
Editions: 480
Subjects: Fiction, History, Knights and knighthood, Jews, Sir Ivanhoe, Wilfred of (Fictitious character), Anglo-Saxons, Juvenile fiction, Normans

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Book.name: Ivanhoe
Book.image: Ivanhoe title page.jpg
Book.caption: Title page of 1st edition (1820, but released in December 1819)
Book.author: Walter Scott
Book.country: Great Britain
Book.language: English
Book.series: Waverley Novels
Book.genre: Historical novel, chivalric romance
Book.publisher: Archibald Constable (Edinburgh); Hurst, Robinson, and Co. (London)
Book.release_date: 20 December 1819
Book.media_type: Print
Book.pages: 401 (Edinburgh Edition, 1998)
Book.preceded_by: A Legend of Montrose
Book.followed_by: The Monastery
Book.wikisource: Ivanhoe (1820)

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Commons category: Ivanhoe
publication date: 1819-12-20
title: Ivanhoe
inception: 1819-00-00
first line: 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. The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham.
last line: 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.
subtitle: A Romance
epigraph: Away! our journey lies through dell and dingle, Where the blithe fawn trips by its timid mother, Where the broad oak, with intercepting boughs, Chequers the sunbeam in the green-sward alley —Up and away! —for lovely paths are these To tread, when the glad Sun is on his throne Less pleasant, and less safe, when Cynthia’s lamp With doubtful glimmer lights the dreary forest.

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Contents

Composition and sources
Editions
Plot summary
Opening
The tournament
Capture and rescue
Rebecca's trial and Ivanhoe's reconciliation
Characters
Chapter summary
Volume One
Volume Two
Volume Three
Style
Themes
Allusions to real history and geography
Lasting influence on the Robin Hood legend
Historical accuracy
Reception
Sequels
References in other literature
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
Films
Television
Operas
Legacy
See also
References
External links

thumb|Ivanhoe on the Scott Monument, Edinburgh (sculpted by John Rhind)

Ivanhoe: A Romance ( ) by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in December 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. It marked a shift away from Scott's prior practice of setting stories in Scotland and in the more recent past. It became one of Scott's best-known and most influential novels.