Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor


Born
Warwick, The United Kingdom

Walter Savage Landor (30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864) was an English writer, poet, and activist.

Landor's best known work is the multi-volume Imaginary Conversations, written during his years living in Italy. He died in Florence at age 89.

Throughout his life, Landor travelled widely and had a notable circle of friends including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charles Lamb, Countess Blessington, Robert Browning and Charles Dickens. Landor was the godfather of Dickens's son Walter Landor Dickens.

The writer, explorer, and adventurer Arnold Henry Savage Landor is his grandson.
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Average rating: 3.47 · 135 ratings · 11 reviews · 513 distinct works
Imaginary Conversations

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3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1824 — 110 editions
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Gebir; a poem.

3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1798 — 33 editions
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Poems by Walter Savage Landor

3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1889 — 25 editions
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Imaginary Conversations and...

3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1933 — 34 editions
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Selections From The Imagina...

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3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006 — 27 editions
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The shorter poems of Walter...

3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1900 — 15 editions
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The Pentameron

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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions
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Citation and Examination of...

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1891 — 113 editions
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Pericles and Aspasia

2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1836 — 88 editions
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Classical (Imaginary) Conve...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1901 — 33 editions
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Quotes by Walter Savage Landor  (?)
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“Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.”
Walter Savage Landor, Pericles and Aspasia

“What is reading but silent conversation.”
Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations

“When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.”
Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary conversations

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