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Waverley

by Walter Scott

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Author
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Title
Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since
Credits
Robert Rowe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
5998
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5998
Release Date
August 19, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Waverley — OR — ’TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE — by Sir Walter Scott, B ART . — With Introductory Essay and Notes — By ANDREW LANG — With Illustrations — 1893 — TO THE KING’S MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY. — Contents — List of Illustrations
  2. 2.EDITOR’S NOTE.
  3. 3.ADVERTISEMENT TO THE WAVERLEY NOVELS
  4. 4.GENERAL PREFACE TO THE WAVERLEY NOVELS
  5. 5.APPENDIX No. I.[*] — FRAGMENT OF A ROMANCE WHICH WAS TO HAVE BEEN ENTITLED — THOMAS THE RHYMER. — CHAPTER I. — THE LORD OF ENNERDALE.
  6. 6.No. II. — CONCLUSION OF MR. STRUTT’S ROMANCE OF QUEEN-HOO HALL. — BY THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY. — CHAPTER IV.
  7. 7.CHAPTER V. — INVESTIGATION OF THE ADVENTURE OF THE HUNTING.—A DISCOVERY. —GREGORY’S MANHOOD.—FATE OF GASTON ST. CLERE.—CONCLUSION.
  8. 8.No. III. — ANECDOTE OF SCHOOL DAYS, UPON WHICH MR. THOMAS SCOTT PROPOSED TO FOUND A TALE OF FICTION.
  9. 9.WAVERLEY; — OR, — ’T IS SIXTY YEARS SINCE.
  10. 10.EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION TO WAVERLEY.
  11. 11.INTRODUCTION
  12. 12.PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
  13. 13.WAVERLEY — OR — ’TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE — Volume I.
  14. 14.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
  15. 15.CHAPTER II. WAVERLEY-HONOUR—A RETROSPECT
  16. 16.CHAPTER III. EDUCATION
  17. 17.CHAPTER IV. CASTLE-BUILDING
  18. 18.CHAPTER V. CHOICE OF A PROFESSION
  19. 19.CHAPTER VI. THE ADIEUS OF WAVERLEY
  20. 20.CHAPTER VII. A HORSE-QUARTER IN SCOTLAND
  21. 21.CHAPTER VIII. A SCOTTISH MANOR-HOUSE SIXTY YEARS SINCE
  22. 22.CHAPTER IX. MORE OF THE MANOR-HOUSE AND ITS ENVIRONS
  23. 23.CHAPTER X. ROSE BRADWARDINE AND HER FATHER
  24. 24.CHAPTER XI. THE BANQUET
  25. 25.CHAPTER XII. REPENTANCE AND A RECONCILIATION
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIII. A MORE RATIONAL DAY THAN THE LAST
  27. 27.CHAPTER XIV. A DISCOVERY—WAVERLEY BECOMES DOMESTICATED AT TULLY-VEOLAN
  28. 28.CHAPTER XV. A CREAGH, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
  29. 29.CHAPTER XVI. AN UNEXPECTED ALLY APPEARS
  30. 30.CHAPTER XVII. THE HOLD OF A HIGHLAND ROBBER
  31. 31.CHAPTER XVIII. WAVERLEY PROCEEDS ON HIS JOURNEY
  32. 32.CHAPTER XIX. THE CHIEF AND HIS MANSION
  33. 33.CHAPTER XX. A HIGHLAND FEAST
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXI. THE CHIEFTAIN’S SISTER
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXII. HIGHLAND MINSTRELSY
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXIII. WAVERLEY CONTINUES AT GLENNAQUOICH
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXIV. A STAG-HUNT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXV. NEWS FROM ENGLAND
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXVI. AN ECLAIRCISSEMENT
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXVII. UPON THE SAME SUBJECT
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXVIII. A LETTER FROM TULLY-VEOLAN
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXIX. WAVERLEY’S RECEPTION IN THE LOWLANDS AFTER HIS HIGHLAND TOUR
  43. 43.WAVERLEY — OR — ’TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE — VOLUME II.
  44. 44.CHAPTER I. SHOWS THAT THE LOSS OF A HORSE’S SHOE MAY BE A SERIOUS INCONVENIENCE
  45. 45.CHAPTER II. AN EXAMINATION
  46. 46.CHAPTER III. A CONFERENCE AND THE CONSEQUENCE
  47. 47.CHAPTER IV. A CONFIDANT
  48. 48.CHAPTER V. THINGS MEND A LITTLE
  49. 49.CHAPTER VI. A VOLUNTEER SIXTY YEARS SINCE
  50. 50.CHAPTER VII. AN INCIDENT
  51. 51.CHAPTER VIII. WAVERLEY IS STILL IN DISTRESS
  52. 52.CHAPTER IX. A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE
  53. 53.CHAPTER X. THE JOURNEY IS CONTINUED
  54. 54.CHAPTER XI. AN OLD AND A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
  55. 55.CHAPTER XII. THE MYSTERY BEGINS TO BE CLEARED UP
  56. 56.CHAPTER XIII. A SOLDIER’S DINNER
  57. 57.CHAPTER XIV. THE BALL
  58. 58.CHAPTER XV. THE MARCH
  59. 59.CHAPTER XVI. AN INCIDENT GIVES RISE TO UNAVAILING REFLECTIONS
  60. 60.CHAPTER XVII. THE EVE OF BATTLE
  61. 61.CHAPTER XVIII. THE CONFLICT
  62. 62.CHAPTER XIX. AN UNEXPECTED EMBARRASSMENT
  63. 63.CHAPTER XX. THE ENGLISH PRISONER
  64. 64.CHAPTER XXI. RATHER UNIMPORTANT
  65. 65.CHAPTER XXII. INTRIGUES OF LOVE AND POLITICS
  66. 66.CHAPTER XXIII. INTRIGUES OF SOCIETY AND LOVE
  67. 67.CHAPTER XXIV. FERGUS A SUITOR
  68. 68.CHAPTER XXV. “TO ONE THING CONSTANT NEVER”
  69. 69.CHAPTER XXVI. A BRAVE MAN IN SORROW
  70. 70.CHAPTER XXVII. EXERTION
  71. 71.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE MARCH
  72. 72.CHAPTER XXIX. THE CONFUSION OF KING AGRAMANT’S CAMP
  73. 73.CHAPTER XXX. A SKIRMISH
  74. 74.CHAPTER XXXI. CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
  75. 75.CHAPTER XXXII. A JOURNEY TO LONDON
  76. 76.CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT’S TO BE DONE NEXT?
  77. 77.CHAPTER XXXIV. DESOLATION
  78. 78.CHAPTER XXXV. COMPARING OF NOTES
  79. 79.CHAPTER XXXVI. MORE EXPLANATION
  80. 80.CHAPTER XXXVII
  81. 81.CHAPTER XXXVIII
  82. 82.CHAPTER XXXIX
  83. 83.CHAPTER XL
  84. 84.CHAPTER XLI. DULCE DOMUM
  85. 85.CHAPTER XLII
  86. 86.CHAPTER XLIII. A POSTSCRIPT WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PREFACE
  87. 87.NOTES—Volume I.
  88. 88.GLOSSARY—Volume I.
  89. 89.NOTES—Volume II.
  90. 90.GLOSSARY—Volume II.

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