The Only Use of
Walter Scott
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Although her fits had passed off, she was in every other way her old self: when Sir Walter Scott became involved in lengthy descriptions of moats and castles, Mrs. Dubose would become bored and pick on us: "Jeremy Finch, I told you you'd live to regret tearing up my camellias."
p. 125.9Sir Walter Scott = famous Scottish poet and author (1771-1832)
Definition:
Scottish poet and author of historical novels such as Ivanhoe, and Rob Roy (1771-1832)