Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first.
-- George Saintsbury
   
George Saintsbury   Name:
George Saintsbury
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
English
Birth:
October 23, 1845
Death:
January 28, 1933
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