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The narrative follows a young traveller who, while preparing for a short journey, becomes involved with an elderly, eccentric collector of historical curiosities and the colourful local people around him. Episodes combine gentle comedy of manners, vivid local portraiture, and a developing mystery about old papers and contested property that spurs inquiries, disputes, and probes into ruins and records. A romantic strand and several reconciliations are woven through debates over authenticity, heritage, and changing tastes, and the work shifts between satirical sketches and more sincere reflections on memory, learning, and community.

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Title: De oudheidkenner

Author: Walter Scott

Translator: M. P. Lindo

Release date: January 12, 2026 [eBook #77684]

Language: Dutch

Original publication: Leiden: S.C. van Doesburgh, 1873

Credits: Nico Winkel and Jeroen Hellingman for Project Gutenberg

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DE OUDHEIDKENNER.

LEIDEN,
B. C. VAN DOESBURGH.
’S-GRAVENHAGE,
JOH. IJKEMA.
1873.

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