Author of lorna doone5/10/2023 ![]() But the late eighteenth century also saw the birth of the desire to follow in the footsteps of literary characters into a real landscape, as in the case of Loch Katrine or indeed Exmoor, that is, if you have read Lorna Doone (1869), and this is today’s adventure. Rousseau’s descriptions of his walks in his Rêveries on an island in the Lac de Bienne in Switzerland brought all sorts of visitors keen to mimic his state of mind William Cowper’s walks around Olney, lovingly described in his poem The Task also prompted admirers to put on their boots and follow his path. ![]() ![]() Since at least the 1790s, when writers began to describe their favourite walks, visitors have retraced them. Walking ‘in the footsteps of’ a famous author has long been a favourite past-time – and not just one of mine. ![]()
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