 Possibly the most pervasive influence on Walpole was Walter Scott , whose romanticism is reflected in much of the later writer 's fiction . Such was Walpole 's love of Scott that he liked to think of himself as the latter 's reincarnation . He amassed the largest collection in Britain of Scott manuscripts and early editions , and constantly reread the novels . With the Herries stories Walpole restored the popularity of the historical novel , a form for which Scott was famous but which had been out of fashion for decades . The Herries series begins in the 18th century and follows a Lakeland family through the generations up to modern times . 
 Possibly the most pervasive influence on Walpole was Walter Scott , whose romanticism is reflected in much of the later writer <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>fiction . Such was Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>love of Scott <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>he liked to think of himself as the latter <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>reincarnation . He amassed the largest collection in Britain of Scott manuscripts and early editions , and constantly reread the novels . With the Herries stories Walpole restored the popularity of the historical novel , a form for which Scott was famous but which had been out of fashion for decades . The Herries series <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>begins</mark></a> in the 18th century and <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>follows</mark></a> a Lakeland family through the generations up to modern times . 
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