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In this novel, a pseudo-romantic poem written about leaving Miss Cecilia Stubbs is sentimentally placed in the commonplace book of its author’s spinster aunt Rachel. In a manor filled with grotesques of heraldic bears, a man in this novel encounters a constantly singing servant who reminds him of Shakespeare’s fools. A man in this novel sprains his ankle during a stag hunt shortly after listening to his love interest perform a war ballad on the (*) harp in a scenic ravine. The title character of this novel is persuaded by the highlands chieftain Fergus of Clan Mac-Ivor and his love for Flora to desert the British army and join the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The first historical fiction novel is often considered to be, (-5[1])for 10 points, what namesake of a series by Sir Walter (-5[1])Scott? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since
<Taylor Harvey, British Literature>
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2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y729%0%71%134.50
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y20%0%100%0.00
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