The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Name: The Lay of the Last Minstrel
Author: Walter Scott

by Walter Scott

Narrative poem following a minstrel's journey through medieval border stories

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott invented the historical novel as a major literary form with Waverley, creating a template for serious historical fiction that influenced novelists from Dickens to Tolstoy. His Scottish Highland romances created the romantic image of Scotland that persists to this day. He was the most popular novelist in the world during his lifetime.

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