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TheWaverley novelsare a long series of novels by SirWalter Scott(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 fromWaverley, the first novel of the series, released in 1814. The later books bore the words \"by the author ofWaverley\" on their title pages.
TheTales of my Landlordsub-series was not advertised as \"by the author ofWaverley\" and thus is not always included as part of the Waverley Novels series.
Order of publicationTitlePublishedMain settingPeriodWaverley, or, \'Tis Sixty Years Mannering, or,The 1781–2The Antiquary1816North-East Scotland1794Tales of My Landlord, 1st series:The Black Dwarf1816Scottish Borders1707The Tale of Old Mortality1816Southern Scotland1679–89Rob Roy1818Northumberland(England), and the environs ofLoch Lomond(Scotland)1715–16Tales of My Landlord, 2nd series:The Heart of Midlothian1818EdinburghandRichmond, London1736Tales of My Landlord, 3rd series:The Bride of Lammermoor1819East Lothian(Scotland)1709–11A Legend of Montrose1819Scottish Monastery1820Scottish Borders1547–57The Abbot1820Various in Fortunes of of the Peak1822Derbyshire, theIsle of Man, andLondon1658–80Quentin Ronan\'s Well1824Southern Scotlandearly 19th centuryRedgauntlet1824Southern Scotland, andCumberland(England)1766Tales of the Crusaders:The Betrothed1825Wales, andGloucester(England)1187–92The Talisman1825The Holy Land1191Woodstock, or,The in theSpanish Netherlands1652Chronicles of the Canongate, 2nd series:[1]St Valentine\'s Day, or,The Fair Maid of Perth1828Perthshire(Scotland)1396Anne of Geierstein, or,The Maiden in the Mist1829Switzerland and Eastern France1474–77Tales of my Landlord, 4th series:[2]Count Robert of Paris1831ConstantinopleandScutari(now inTurkey)1097Castle of Scott\'sWaverley Novels
The novels were all originally printed byJames Ballantyneonthe Canongatein 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 byRobert 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, theEdinburgh 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.
PlacenamesView from theScott Monumentof theWaverley Stationroof, inEdinburgh, withArthur\'s Seatin the background
In Scotland,Waverley StationandWaverley BridgeinEdinburghwere named after these novels.
In North America, the towns ofWaverly, Colorado;Waverly, Nebraska;Waverly, Illinois;Waverly, South Dakota;Waverly, New York;Waverley, Nova Scotia;Waverly, Ohio;Waverly Hall, Georgia;[3]Waverly, Tennessee,[4]andWaverly, Iowa, take their names from these novels, as does Waverley School in Louisville, Kentucky, which later became theWaverly Hills Sanatorium.
The unincorporated community ofEllerslie, Georgiais believed to be named for a character in the novels, Captain Ellerslie.[5]
In Australia, the Melbourne suburbs ofGlen WaverleyandMount Waverleyand alsoIvanhoe, were named after the novels as well.[6]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.
