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  1. Waverley (novel) - Wikipedia

    The Waverley Pen made by MacNiven & Cameron of Edinburgh was named after the novel, after the Waverley nib was first made in 1850. The pen was marketed from 1864.

  2. The Waverley Novels | Scott’s works, historical fiction, Scotland ...

    The Waverley Novels, a series of more than two dozen historical novels published by Sir Walter Scott between 1814 and 1832. Although the novels were extremely popular and strongly …

  3. The Project Gutenberg eBook of Waverley, by Sir Walter Scott

    The origin of the story of “Waverley,” and the particular facts on which it is founded, are given in the separate introduction prefixed to that romance in this edition, and require no notice in this …

  4. Analysis of Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley - Literary Theory and …

    May 21, 2025 · The novel’s protagonist, Edward Waverley, is devoted to his uncle, the Jacobite sympathizer Sir Edward Digby. Edward joins the army, becoming active in a Scottish regiment.

  5. Waverley by Walter Scott | Goodreads

    Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'). It relates the story of a young …

  6. Waverley Summary | SuperSummary

    Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since, first published anonymously in 1814, was Scott’s first novel. Often comical and with aspects of a picaresque novel, Waverley depicts the …

  7. Waverley by Sir Walter Scott | Research Starters | EBSCO Research

    "Waverley," written by Sir Walter Scott and published in 1814, is a foundational work in the genre of historical fiction and is celebrated for its portrayal of Scotland's Jacobite uprising in the 18th …

  8. Waverley (Penguin Classics): Scott, Sir Walter, Garside, Peter, …

    Mar 27, 2012 · Sir Walter Scott was one of the bestselling novelists of the nineteenth century and is credited with establishing the historical novel. His first novel, Waverley (1814), tells the story …

  9. Waverley novels - Wikipedia

    The Waverley novels are a long series of novels by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832). For nearly a century, they were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe.

  10. Waverley | novel by Scott | Britannica

    …Sir Walter Scott, beginning with Waverley in 1814, illustrate the range of the new curiosity, for Scotland was a “wild” place, outside the centres of civilization, and the Middle Ages were …