Guy Mannering (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- First Published: 1815
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: Scotland
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Crime or criminals, Mistaken or secret identity, Manners or customs, Eighteenth century, Fortune-telling or fortune-tellers, Lower classes, Inheritance or succession, Soldiers, Scotland or Scottish people, Gypsies, Astrology or astrologers
- Locales: Scotland
Characters Discussed
Captain Brown (Harry Bertram), a young Scottish aristocrat whose life took a turn when he was kidnapped in his sixth year. He becomes an officer and, while stationed in India, falls in love with Julia Mannering. The Mannerings, old friends of the Bertrams, do not recognize Brown as young Harry Bertram. Through a chain of events—an interview with a Dutch smuggler and a secret revealed by an old gypsy—Bertram has his identity and inheritance restored and becomes eligible to marry Julia.
Colonel Guy Mannering, a British gentleman and a friend of...
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