Guy Mannering
First published 1800 · 459 pages · about 8 hours to read
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A novel by Sir Walter Scott, published anonymously in 1815. It tells the story of Henry Bertram, the son of the Laird of Ellangowan, who is kidnapped at the age of five by smugglers after witnessing the murder of a customs officer.
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“A good-humoured listlessness of countenance formed the only remarkable expression of his features, although they were rather handsome than otherwise. In fact, his physiognomy indicated the inanity of character which pervaded his life.”
Chapter II
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“But these halcyon days were now to have an end, and a minatory inscription on one side of the gate intimated “prosecution according to law” (the painter had spelt it persecution--l’un vaut bien l’autre) to all who should be found trespassing on these enclosures.”
Chapter VII “There was also a natural yearning of heart on parting with so many known and familiar faces; and to this feeling Godfrey Bertram was peculiarly accessible, from the limited qualities of his mind, which sought its principal amusements among the petty objects around him.”
Chapter VIII “Glossin extricated himself from the Deacon’s grasp, and from the discussion, though not with rudeness; for it was his present interest to buy golden opinions from all sorts of people.”
Chapter XXXII “His patron and he were never for a moment in each other’s way, and it seemed obvious that they were formed to be companions through life.”
Chapter XXXVI
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