Waverley

1814

The novel Walter Scott published anonymously in 1814, subtitled 'Tis Sixty Years Since and generally taken as the first historical novel in English. Edward Waverley, an English officer of divided sympathies, is drawn into the Jacobite rising of 1745, and Scott's notes and glossary are printed with the text.

Chapter I Introductory
Chapter II Waverley-Honour—-A Retrospect
Chapter III Education
Chapter IV Castle-Building
Chapter V Choice of a Profession
Chapter VI The Adieus of Waverley
Chapter VII A Horse-Quarter in Scotland
Chapter VIII A Scottish Manor-House Sixty Years Since
Chapter IX More of the Manor-House and Its Environs
Chapter X Rose Bradwardine and Her Father
Chapter XI The Banquet
Chapter XII Repentance and a Reconciliation
Chapter XIII A More Rational Day Than the Last
Chapter XIV A Discovery—Waverley Becomes Domesticated at Tully-Veolan
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI An Unexpected Ally Appears
Chapter XVII The Hold of a Highland Robber
Chapter XVIII Waverley Proceeds on His Journey
Chapter XIX The Chief and His Mansion
Chapter XX A Highland Feast
Chapter XXI The Chieftain's Sister
Chapter XXII Highland Minstrelsy
Chapter XXIII Waverley Continues at Glennaquoich
Chapter XXIV A Stag-Hunt, and Its Consequences
Chapter XXV News from England
Chapter XXVI An Eclaircissement
Chapter XXVII Upon the Same Subject
Chapter XXVIII A Letter from Tully-Veolan
Chapter XXIX Waverley's Reception in the Lowlands After His Highland Tour
Chapter XXX Shows That the Loss of a Horse's Shoe May Be a Serious Inconvenience
Chapter XXXI An Examination
Chapter XXXII A Conference, and the Consequence
Chapter XXXIII A Confidant
Chapter XXXIV Things Mend a Little
Chapter XXXV A Volunteer Sixty Years Since
Chapter XXXVI An Incident
Chapter XXXVII Waverley Is Still in Distress
Chapter XXXVIII A Nocturnal Adventure
Chapter XXXIX The Journey Is Continued
Chapter XL An Old and a New Acquaintance
Chapter XLI The Mystery Begins to Be Cleared Up
Chapter XLII A Soldier's Dinner
Chapter XLIII The Ball
Chapter XLIV The March
Chapter XLV An Incident Gives Rise to Unavailing Reflections
Chapter XLVI The Eve of Battle
Chapter XLVII The Conflict
Chapter XLVIII An Unexpected Embarrassment
Chapter XLIX The English Prisoner
Chapter L Rather Unimportant
Chapter LI Intrigues of Love and Politics
Chapter LII Intrigues of Society and Love
Chapter LIII Fergus a Suitor
Chapter LIV 'to One Thing Constant Never'
Chapter LV A Brave Man in Sorrow
Chapter LVI Exertion
Chapter LVII The March
Chapter LVIII The Confusion of King Agramant's Camp
Chapter LIX A Skirmish
Chapter LX
Chapter LXI A Journey to London
Chapter LXII What's to Be Done Next?
Chapter LXIII Desolation
Chapter LXIV Comparing of Notes
Chapter LXV More Explanation
Chapter LXVI
Chapter LXVII
Chapter LXVIII
Chapter LXIX
Chapter LXX Dolce Domum
Chapter LXXI
Chapter LXXII A Postscript, Which Should Have Been a Preface
Notes
Glossary