Ivanhoe

Walter Scott’s romance of twelfth-century England, in which the disinherited Saxon knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe comes home from the Crusades while Saxons and Normans contend in the absence of King Richard and the schemes of his brother, Prince John.

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Famous quotes

• Chivalry!⁠—why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection⁠—the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant⁠—Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.

  Chapter XXIXIn context

  • Honor
  • Liberty

• For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.

  Chapter XXXIIIIn context

  • Good & Evil
  • Power

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Dedicatory Epistle
3. Chapter I
4. Chapter II
5. Chapter III
6. Chapter IV
7. Chapter V
8. Chapter VI
9. Chapter VII
10. Chapter VIII
11. Chapter IX
12. Chapter X
13. Chapter XI
14. Chapter XII
15. Chapter XIII
16. Chapter XIV
17. Chapter XV
18. Chapter XVI
19. Chapter XVII
20. Chapter XVIII
21. Chapter XIX
22. Chapter XX
23. Chapter XXI
24. Chapter XXII
25. Chapter XXIII
26. Chapter XXIV
27. Chapter XXV
28. Chapter XXVI
29. Chapter XXVII
30. Chapter XXVIII
31. Chapter XXIX
32. Chapter XXX
33. Chapter XXXI
34. Chapter XXXII
35. Chapter XXXIII
36. Chapter XXXIV
37. Chapter XXXV
38. Chapter XXXVI
39. Chapter XXXVII
40. Chapter XXXVIII
41. Chapter XXXIX
42. Chapter XL
43. Chapter XLI
44. Chapter XLII
45. Chapter XLIII
46. Chapter XLIV