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Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott · 1819 · Adventure, Romance, Historical
In twelfth-century England, the Saxon lord Cedric seeks to preserve his people's traditions while his son, the knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe, returns from the Crusades. A tournament, a forest band of outlaws, and the trials of a divided kingdom draw Saxons and Normans into a story of loyalty, courage, and honor.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 120 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Principal Company of Ivanhoe
Templars, Nobles, and Woodland Companions
Outlaws and Tournament Challengers
The North of England in Ivanhoe
Rotherwood HallA timber hall ringed by ditch and palisade.
Cedric and the Saxon Household
The Forest KeepersGurth and Wamba drive Cedric's swine through the forest as distant riders approach.
The Palmer at the CrossroadsA disguised pilgrim directs Prior Aymer and Brian de Bois-Guilbert toward Rotherwood.
This edition
- Title
- Ivanhoe
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
- First published
- 1819
- Illustrated plates
- 273 original artworks · 120 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 46 · about 191,716 words
- Reading time
- 12 h 47 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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