The Waverley Novels are a long series of novels by Sir

Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy ...

(1771–1832). For nearly a century, they were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe. Because Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827, the series takes its name from '' Waverley'', the first novel of the series, released in 1814. The later books bore the words "by the author of ''Waverley''" on their title pages. The '' Tales of my Landlord'' sub-series was not advertised as "by the author of ''Waverley''" and thus is not always included as part of the Waverley Novels series.

Order of publication

Chronological order, by setting

*1097: ''Count Robert of Paris'' *1187–94: ''The Betrothed, The Talisman, Ivanhoe'' (3) *1307: ''Castle Dangerous'' *1396: ''The Fair Maid of Perth'' *1468–77: ''Quentin Durward, Anne of Geierstein'' (2) *1547–75: ''The Monastery, The Abbot, Kenilworth, The Siege of Malta'' (4) *1616–18: ''The Fortunes of Nigel'' *1644–89: ''A Legend of Montrose, Woodstock, Peveril of the Peak, The Tale of Old Mortality, The Pirate'' (5) *1700–99: ''The Black Dwarf, The Bride of Lammermoor, Rob Roy, Heart of Midlothian, Waverley, Guy Mannering, Redgauntlet, The Antiquary'' (8) *19th century: ''St. Ronan's Well''

Editions

The novels were all originally printed by James Ballantyne on the Canongate in Edinburgh. James Ballantyne was the brother of one of Scott's close friends, John Ballantyne ("Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh"). There are two definitive editions. One is the "Magnum Opus", a 48-volume set published between 1829 and 1833 by Robert Cadell, based on previous editions, with new introductions and notes by Scott. This was the basis of almost all subsequent editions until the appearance of the standard modern edition, the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, a 30-volume set, based on early-edition texts emended mainly from the surviving manuscripts, published by Edinburgh University Press between 1993 and 2012.

Placenames

In Scotland,

Waverley Station Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; gd, Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the north ...

and

Waverley Bridge Waverley Bridge is a road bridge in Edinburgh linking Market Street in the Old Town with Princes Street in the New Town. The bridge forms part of the roof of Edinburgh Waverley station and marks the eastern boundary of Princes Street Gardens. T ...

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

were named after these novels. In North America, the towns of

Waverly, Colorado Waverly is a small unincorporated community in rural eastern Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Description Waverly is primarily an agricultural community, consisting of a group of houses along County Road 15 surrounded by ranchlands no ...

;

Waverly, Nebraska Waverly is a village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,227 at the 2010 census. History Waverly was platted in 1870 when the railroad was extende ...

;

Waverly, Illinois Waverly, founded in 1836, is the second largest city in Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,307 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town was named after the Waverley nov ...

; Waverly, South Dakota; Waverly, New York;

Waverley, Nova Scotia Waverley is a suburban community of the Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada. It has a rich history in gold mining. It lies north of Dartmouth, and south of Fall River. History Waverley was first settled by Charles Pillsbury A ...

; Waverly, Ohio;

Waverly Hall, Georgia Waverly Hall is a town in Harris County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 735 at the 2010 census, and in 2018 the estimated population was 747. History A post ...

; Waverly, Tennessee, and

Waverly, Iowa Waverly is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The population was 10,394 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Bremer County and is part of the Waterloo– Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The sister ci ...

, take their names from these novels, as does Waverley School in Louisville, Kentucky, which later became the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. The unincorporated community of

Ellerslie, Georgia Ellerslie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harris County, Georgia, United States. Ellerslie is a part of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a popula ...

is believed to be named for a character in the novels, Captain Ellerslie. In Australia, the Melbourne suburbs of

Glen Waverley Glen Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government area. Glen Waverley recorded a population of 42,642 at the 2021 census. History ...

and Mount Waverley and also

Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting ...

, were named after the novels as well. The Sydney suburb of Waverley is also named after the novel. In New Zealand there is a suburb in Dunedin and a North Island town in the province of Taranaki called Waverley.

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