Henry Mackenzie

The Man of the World

Novel contrasting cynical worldly man with virtuous but isolated country gentleman protagonist

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Henry Mackenzie
Henry Mackenzie

Mackenzie was the leading Scottish novelist of sensibility, whose The Man of Feeling epitomised the cult of refined emotion that swept British culture in the 1770s. His work influenced Burns, Scott, and the entire tradition of sentimental fiction.

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