Matthew Anderson

“A tale of manners, to be interesting, must either refer to antiquity so great as to have become venerable, or it must bear a vivid reflection of those scenes which are passing daily before our eyes, and are interesting from their novelty.”
― Walter Scott, The Waverly Novels: 26 Books in One Volume - Complete Collection: Highland epics and Regency intrigue from Ivanhoe to Rob Roy—26 classic adventures