Waverly (Summarized Edition)

Waverly (1814) virtually inaugurates the historical novel, entwining Edward's education with the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Stationed in Scotland, the ingenuous officer drifts from Hanoverian loyalty toward Fergus and Flora Mac-Ivor, counterpoised by Rose Bradwardine and her whimsical Baron. Scott's digressive, ironic narrator layers dialect, humor, and antiquarian detail across settings from Tully-...