Guy Mannering - Couverture rigide

Scott, Sir Walter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0748605681 ISBN 13 : 9780748605682

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 1999

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor. Although primarily remembered for his extensive literary works and his political engagement, Scott was an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, and throughout his career combined his writing and editing work with his daily occupation as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0748605681
• ISBN 13: 9780748605682
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 616
• Éditeur: Garside Peter