num_pages: 552
description: 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.
language: English
title: Guy Mannering
titlecomplete: Guy Mannering (Penguin Classics)
characters: James VI and I, Guy Mannering, Dandie Dinmont, Sir Mungo Malagrowther, Meg Merrilies
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, British Literature, Historical, Classic Literature, Scotland, Historical Fiction, English Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 667
places: London, England, Scotland
publisher: Penguin Classics