# Izaak Walton — On the Art of Writing character guide

> Izaak Walton in On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Isaak Walton

**First appearance:** 0008-lecture-vi-on-the-capital-difficulty-of-prose

## Who they are

Angler and biographer, praised for his simple prose.

## In the story

### [Lecture IV: On the Capital Difficulty of Verse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_writing_se/chapters/lecture-iv-on-the-capital-difficulty-of-verse)

Quoted for his prose passage on contentment, which culminates in a stanza of verse, illustrating the natural pitch elevation of verse.

### [Lecture VI: On the Capital Difficulty of Prose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_writing_se/chapters/lecture-vi-on-the-capital-difficulty-of-prose)

Cited as a simple man whose lips were touched by the rhythms of the Authorised Version.

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