Waverley Novels: [With Introductory Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang (V.45 ) (1892-94 )

Waverley Novels: [With Introductory Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang (V.45 ) (1892-94 )

by Scott, Sir Walter

Publisher
Cornell University Library
Pages
444
Language
English
Published
2009

Overview

Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels, in this collected edition, bring together the historical imagination that made his fiction so influential. Across the series, Scott blends adventure, romance, politics, and regional detail to create vivid stories set in a changing past, where loyalty and identity are often tested by history.

Readers interested in classic historical fiction will find this collection rewarding for its scale and variety. The Waverley Novels suit those who want rich setting, social conflict, and a foundational body of work that shaped later historical storytelling. Because the series spans many settings and eras, it offers a broad map of Scott's influence on the historical novel and its later descendants. It remains a useful doorway for readers who want to see why Scott mattered so much to later historical fiction.

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