Avenues to Success for 09/29/08

Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.

     - Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish historical novelist and poet

                    Raeburn's portrait of Sir Walter Scott in 1822.

Source: Wipiedia        

Here are some more sites of interest about Sir Walter Scott:   

Significant Scots: Sir Walter Scott - ElectricScotland.com

...The literary character of Scott is to be traced to the traditionary lore which he imbibed in the country, and the vast amount of miscellaneous reading above referred to, in conjunction with the study of the modern German poets and romancers, which he entered upon at a subsequent period....

The Literary Gothic/Sir Walter Scott

Site provides many links to information about Sir Walter

Sir Walter Scott and Scotland - OUP Blog (Oxford University Press)

An extract from the book, The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland,edited by Daniel Hahn and Nicholas Robins, written by Christopher MacLachlan, which discusses Sir Walter Scott and Scotland.

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