"Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours-ambition is the serious business of life."
About Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. He is known for his Waverley novels (1814-1831), which were, for nearly a century, among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe.
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