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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- First published
- 1800
- Pages
- 467
- Publisher
- BiblioBazaar, A.L. Burt, Adam and Charles Black
- Editions
- 43
- Language
- English, und
- ISBN
- 9781426487231
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“EVERY QUARTER of Edinburgh has its own peculiar boast, so that the city together combines within its precincts, (if you take the word of the inhabitants on the subject,) as much variety as beauty, as much of historical interest as of natural sublimity.”
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet, popular throughout Europe during his time. Scott has been said to be particularly associated with Toryism, though several passages in Tales of a Grandfather display a liberal, progressive and Unionist outlook on Scotland's history. Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of The Lake, Waverley, T
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