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Guy Mannering
Sir Walter Scott
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Description for Guy Mannering
Paperback. Guy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places his faith in patriarchal power, wealth and social position. But the Scotland of this novel is a nation in which the old hierarchies are breaking down and in which each social group lives by its own laws. Editor(s): Milgate, Jane. Num Pages: 512 pages, chronology, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Guy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places his faith in patriarchal power, wealth and social position.
But the Scotland of this novel is a nation in which the old hierarchies are breaking down and Guy must learn the limits of the nabob's authority in a society in which each social group - from gypsies and smugglers, to Edinburgh lawyers, landowners and Border store farmers - lives by its own laws.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140436570
SKU
V9780140436570
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Ref
99-21
About Sir Walter Scott
Born and educated in Edinburgh, Walter Scott (1771-1832) is credited with establishing the form of the historical novel. Claire Lamont is Professor of English Romantic Literature at University of Newcastle and series editor for Walter Scott in Penguin Classics. P. D. Garside (editor) is Reader in English at University of Wales, Cardiff. Jane Millgate is Professor of English at Victoria ... Read more
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