Guy Mannering

by Walter Scott

Overview

On the auspicious night that Guy Mannering is shown to the house of the Bertrams of Ellengowan, the Bertrams' heir is born, and Mannering, a skeptical astrologer, predicts the child's future. Five years later the prophecy is fulfilled, and the heir, Harry Bertram, becomes the center of a plot to rob the boy of his inheritance. Harry's subsequent struggles are set against a backdrop of chaos and upheaval in a socially fragmented Scotland where everyone, from landowners to gypsies, is searching for their rightful place.

Author Biography: Walter Scott (1771-1832) was born and educated in Edinburgh and is the foremost Romantic novelist in the English language. Also a poet, he is credited with establishing the form of the historical novel. Peter Garside is a reader in English Literature at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Jane Millgate is a professor of English at Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada. She is the author of Walter Scott: The Making of a Novelist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783382830427
Publisher:	Anatiposi Verlag
Publication date:	01/31/2024
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sir Walter Scott, was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics and include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

Peter Garside is an established scholar and experienced textual editor, well known in his field, and whose previous publications include critical editions of Scott, Hogg and Lockhart, all published by Edinburgh UniversityPress. He is also the author of a string of articles interrogating Lockhart’s treatment of key incidents in the Life, the latest of which is ‘Scott’s Last Words’ [Studies in Scottish Literature, 47/2 (Fall 2021), 25-40].

Editorial Reviews

Unique to this handsome edition is Scott's graphic depiction of characters from Edinburgh's literary scene.

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