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, The Pennines are traditionally described as forming a relief "backbone", or spine. In his novels, Scott often portrays England and Scotland as two sisters ("her sister kingdom" The Black Dwarf I, 2: 14; "northern sister, The Heart of Midlothian III

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, The titles of the novels have been abbreviated as follows: A: The Antiquary; GM: Guy Mannering

, HM: The Heart of Midlothian; HW: "The Highland Widow

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, 18 th century Scotland, significantly, antiquarianism was integrally related to a contemporary desire to understand the nation and its meaning within the newly British context. After the Union of the Parliaments, antiquarianism offered a means to understand Scotland's past and

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