Monthly Archives: December 2018

At Loch Katrine

Posted on December 15, 2018 by admin

Off to Loch Katrine, in the footsteps, this time, of Scott. Scott was a great one for going to beautiful places, collecting quaint stories about them, and weaving them up into best-selling romances. The consequence was that his readers would … Continue reading →

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At Haworth

Posted on December 1, 2018 by admin

Today’s literary scavenger-hunt takes me to Haworth, home of the Brontës, situated in West Yorkshire. Along with Walter Scott’s Abbotsford, the subject of my last post, Haworth is arguably one of the most important and exemplary writers’ houses of the … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: December 2018

At Loch Katrine

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