A disinherited Saxon knight returns from the Crusades to a England divided between Normans and Saxons, amid tournaments, Robin Hood, and Richard the Lionheart. A founding historical romance.
Books mentioned in Ivanhoe (5)
The Odyssey by Homer: “Thus communed these; while to their lowly dome, The full-fed swine return'd with evening home; Compell'd, reluctant, to the several sties, With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries. Pope's Odyssey”
The City of God by Augustine of Hippo: “what saith the blessed Saint Augustin, in his treatise 'De Civitate Dei'”
The Blazon of Gentrie by John Ferne: “See Ferne's "Blazon of Gentrie" p. 238. Edition 1586. Nisbet's "Heraldry", vol.”
Britannia by William Camden: “The name of Coningsburgh, by which this castle goes in the old editions of the Britannia, would lead one to suppose it the residence of the Saxon kings.”
Sir John Oldcastle: “Hence the fighting parson in the old play of Sir John Oldcastle, and the famous friar of Robin Hood's band.”
Books that mention Ivanhoe (22)
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut: “Patty Keene flunked English during the semester when she had to read and appreciate Ivanhoe, which was about men in iron suits and the women who loved them.”
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: “I was in my room, reading an abbreviated Farsi translation of Ivanhoe, when he knocked on my door.”
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: “Meg went back to toast her feet and read _Ivanhoe_, and Jo began to dig paths with great energy.”
Middlemarch by George Eliot: “I have bought one of his works myself--a very nice thing, a very superior publication, entitled 'Ivanhoe.”
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot: “…who hardly knew of any evil closer to them than what lay in history-books, and dramas, and would at once associate a lovely Jewess with Rebecca in "Ivanhoe," besides thinking that everything they did at Deronda's request would be done for their idol, Hans.”
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain: “shown in the effects wrought by 'Don Quixote' and those wrought by 'Ivanhoe.'”
The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams: “…boy's education were passed in summer lying on a musty heap of Congressional Documents in the old farmhouse at Quincy, reading "Quentin Durward," "Ivanhoe," and "The Talisman," and raiding the garden at intervals for peaches and pears.”
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller: “I have just finished reading "Ivanhoe." It was very exciting; but I must say I did not enjoy it very much.”
The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope: “The Ivanhoe that you know, did he not press Rebecca's hand?”
Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Yes, I've read 'Ivanhoe' and 'The Last of the Mohicans.'”
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster: “David Copperfield or Ivanhoe or Cinderella...”
So Big by Edna Ferber: “Roelf, I have a book called ‘Ivanhoe.’ Would you like to read it?”
Free Air by Sinclair Lewis: “his entire library ... consisting of Ivanhoe, Ben-Hur, his father's copy of Byron”
To Let by John Galsworthy: “his father... brought him Ivanhoe, Bevis, a book about King Arthur, and Tom Brown's Schooldays.”
The Secret History by Donna Tartt: “"There's a first edition of Ivanhoe here." "Actually, I think they sold that one," said Francis.”
Peter Ibbetson by George du Maurier: “and read _Les Trois Mousquetaires_ in the cloisters of Bluefriars, or _Ivanhoe_ in the dull, dusty prison-yard”
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: “She had read them Walter Scott's Ivanhoe when Jeff and Johnny were six and seven, respectively.”
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro: “I have a feeling we acted out scenes from Ivanhoe, which I was reading at that time”
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: “Jem sat down in a cane-bottom chair and opened Ivanhoe.”
The Art of Fiction by Ayn Rand: “I recently reread Ivanhoe, which I had not read since age twelve.”
Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin: “I like knowing that a hard-bitten Wyoming cowboy carried a copy of Ivanhoe in his saddlebag for thirty years...”
A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: “…which read like flat copies of like scenes in the stories of Mr. G. P. R. James, and the most unreal portions of IVANHOE.”