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“The influence of Walter Scott can be felt in every province of the literature of his age.” —Pushkin Walter Scott was born #OTD, 15 Aug 1771. He was & is one of the most significant figures in world literature #BookWormSat #C19 #romanticism 💙📚 1/2 www.thebottleimp.org.uk/issues/issue...

A portrait head of Walter Scott, painted by Sir Henry Raeburn, c.1822–23, oil on canvas. Walter Scott is clean shaven, with thinning fair hair brushed across a high forehead. His grey-blue eyes look out past the viewer, at something we cannot see.
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A portrait head of Walter Scott, painted by Sir Henry Raeburn, c.1822–23, oil on canvas. Walter Scott is clean shaven, with thinning fair hair brushed across a high forehead. His grey-blue eyes look out past the viewer, at something we cannot see.

#bookwormsat#c19#otd#romanticism

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Association for Scottish Literature · 14 · 17h ago
“No Romanticist or Victorianist can excuse an ignorance of Scott. Back then, everybody read him. He was the first global superstar of the novel… Everybody read Scott, no exceptions” —Prof @adamroberts.bsky.social on Walter Scott #BookWormSat #C19 💙📚 amechanicalart.blogspot.com/2016/06/some...