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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...

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Landmark: Waverley (bbc.co.uk)

Walter Scott’s WAVERLEY On BBC Sounds: Rana Mitter, Jenni Calder, Robert Crawford, & Andrew Lincoln on the writer & the books which “conjured up a portrait of the British as an effortlessly multicultural people… uniquely qualified to take on the world” #BookWormSat #C19 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Dr Gerard McKeever - Scotch Novels (youtube.com)

From Sept 2025 – Dr @mckeever.bsky.social, lecturer in modern Scottish literature at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, speaks about Walter Scott’s relationship with Scotland, particularly through the lens of his so-called “Scotch Novels” #BookWormSat #C19 #romanticism www.youtube.com/watch?v=twvr...

Scott, Opera and the Italian Journey - The Bottle Imp (thebottleimp.org.uk)

Walter Scott, Opera, & the Italian Journey “What was it about Scott’s poems and novels that attracted composers all over Europe—and inspired more than seventy operas?” #BookWormSat #C19 #romanticism #opera www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2011/05/scot...