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(1771-1832) Scottish writer. Sir Walter Scott was a novelist and poet, well-known for "Rob Roy" (1815), "The Black Dwarf," and other works.
19th-Century Reading List - English
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Sir Walter Scott - Short Biographical Dictionary of English Lit.
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