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Guy Mannering

Guy Mannering

de Sir Walter Scott

Tome 2 de Waverley Novels

Première publication en 1800 · 459 pages · environ 8 heures de lecture

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Un roman de Sir Walter Scott, publié anonymement en 1815. Il raconte l'histoire d'Henry Bertram, fils du Laird d'Ellangowan, qui est kidnappé à l'âge de cinq ans par des contrebandiers après avoir été témoin du meurtre d'un agent des douanes.

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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 IIEn anglais
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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 VIIEn anglais
  • “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 VIIIEn anglais
  • “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 XXXIIEn anglais
  • “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 XXXVIEn anglais

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