Guy Mannering (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- First Published: 1815
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- 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
Places Discussed
Ellangowan (el-lan-GAO-an). Ancient Scottish home of the noble Bertram family, located in Dumfries, a region in the southwest of Scotland, near the fictional village of Kippletringan. The Auld Place, the ruins of the family castle, overlooks the Point of Warroch and commands an impressive view of the bay. The family now resides in the New Place, built by Lewis Bertram using stones from the original castle’s ruins. Central to the book’s plot is the question of whether society and the legal system will allow the estate to be auctioned off to the family’s...
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