The complete online text of Kenilworth by Walter Scott.

The Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is the acknowledged master of the historical novel. He was one of the most influential authors of modern times. Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh on August 15, 1771, the son of a lawyer with a...

Walter Scott was the most influential novelist in world literature. Relying on his capacious memory and drawing on medieval and Renaissance verse romance, his eighteenth-century forerunners in the novel, contemporary women writers of "national tales" and...

For the people who live there, the conversion of Northeast Washington's Kenilworth-Parkside public housing project to tenant ownership is the fulfillment of a dream. For Democrats loath to give the Republicans any additional edge in a presidential contest they already appear to be...

The unfortunate decision by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and D.C. Del. Walter Fauntroy to stage a "counterevent" to the ceremony marking the transfer of ownership of Kenilworth-Parkside, the government-owned public housing project, to Kimi Gray and the other residents was a classic example of...

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday:NEW YORK _ Conference Board reports its monthly Leading Economic Indicators Index, 10 a.m.WASHINGTON _ Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.WASHINGTON _ Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates.SUNNYVALE, Calif. _ Advanced Micro Devices Inc....

Schering-Plough Corp. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit surged 75 percent as strong sales of the drugmaker's cholesterol, arthritis and allergy medicines helped offset rising research and marketing spending.Kenilworth, N.J.-based Schering-Plough said net income totaled $182 million, or 12 cents per share, up from $104 million,...