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He is Scotland's greatest novelist but no-one reads him nowadays. Why?

He is Scotland's greatest novelist but no-one reads him nowadays. Why?

"’Tis Sixty Years Hence," ran the subtitle to Sir Walter Scott’s first novel, and with that line the historical novel was born. Now, though, he's largely unread - and we are the poorer for that

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