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Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since — Walter Scott

Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since

Walter Scott

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 590 pages

Waverley is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745. It follows Edward Waverley, a young Englishman whose experiences among Highland clans test his loyalties and ideals. Listeners can enjoy Scott's vivid portrayal of a turbulent period and his influence on the historical novel.

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Waverley
OR
’TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE
by Sir Walter Scott, BART.
With Introductory Essay and Notes
By ANDREW LANG
With Illustrations
1893
THIS NEW EDITION OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS
IS DEDICATED TO THE HON. MRS. MAXWELL SCOTT OF
ABBOTSFORD AND HER CHILDREN,

Walter, Mary, Michael, Alice, Malcolm,

Margaret and Herbert

GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER AND GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN

OF THE AUTHOR,

BY THE PUBLISHERS

TO

THE KING’S MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY.

SIRE,

The Author of this collection of Works of Fiction would not have presumed to solicit for them your Majesty’s august patronage, were it not that the perusal has been supposed in some instances to have succeeded in amusing hours of relaxation, or relieving those of languor, pain, or anxiety, and therefore must have so far aided the warmest wish of your Majesty’s heart, by contributing in however small a degree to the happiness of your people.

They are therefore humbly dedicated to your Majesty, agreeably to your gracious permission, by

Your Majesty’s Dutiful Subject,

WALTER SCOTT.

ABBOTSFORD, 1st January, 1829.

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Contents

  1. Waverley
  2. OR
  3. ’TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE by Sir Walter Scott, BART.
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. EDITOR’S NOTE.
  7. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE WAVERLEY NOVELS
  8. GENERAL PREFACE TO THE WAVERLEY NOVELS
  9. APPENDIX No. I.[*]
  10. No. II.
  11. CHAPTER V.
  12. No. III.
  13. WAVERLEY;
  14. ’T IS SIXTY YEARS SINCE.
  15. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION TO WAVERLEY.
  16. INTRODUCTION
  17. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
  18. WAVERLEY
  19. ’TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE
  20. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
  21. CHAPTER II. WAVERLEY-HONOUR—A RETROSPECT
  22. CHAPTER III. EDUCATION
  23. CHAPTER IV. CASTLE-BUILDING
  24. CHAPTER V. CHOICE OF A PROFESSION
  25. CHAPTER VI. THE ADIEUS OF WAVERLEY
  26. CHAPTER VII. A HORSE-QUARTER IN SCOTLAND
  27. CHAPTER VIII. A SCOTTISH MANOR-HOUSE SIXTY YEARS SINCE
  28. CHAPTER IX. MORE OF THE MANOR-HOUSE AND ITS ENVIRONS
  29. CHAPTER X. ROSE BRADWARDINE AND HER FATHER
  30. CHAPTER XI. THE BANQUET

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