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Guy Mannering

Walter Scott

Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer is a novel by Sir Walter Scott, published anonymously in 1815. According to an introduction that Scott wrote in 1829, he had originally intended to write a story of the supernatural, but changed his mind soon after starting. The book was a huge success, the first edition selling out on the first day of publication.

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“Bluid is thicker than water.”

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Guy Mannering (1815), Ch. 38.

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