Publication date 7 July 1814 Media type Print Pages 365 (Edinburgh Edition, 2007) Followed by Waverley is a by (1771–1832). Published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's, it is often regarded as the first in the western tradition. Edward Waverley, an English gentleman of honour, chooses an occupation in the army at the time just before the Jacobite uprising of 1745 on advice of his father.

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He has an officer's commission. On leave from army training, he visits friends of his family in Scotland, as he is not far from their place. He enjoys their Scottish hospitality.

His head is full of the romantic notions of his unstructured education, including much reading, and he is startled to find himself in the midst of rebels who support the return of the Stuart king, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie to his supporters and as the usurper to his foes. His honour is often challenged as others interfere to push him to the rebel side, where he is in battle, and he meets two women with whom he falls in love in turn, until he chooses one.

His gentlemanly actions gain him friends in this precarious situation, on both sides of the rebellion, who stand him in good stead when he is at risk from his own government when the rebellion is put down. The book became so popular that Scott's later novels were published as being 'by the author of Waverley'.

His series of works on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the '. The novel was well-received by contemporary critics, and well-liked by those who purchased novels in the early 19th century. It has continued in favor with later critics. Contents. Composition and sources Evidence about the composition of the first volume of Waverley is inconclusive, but the first volume was probably begun in 1808 and laid aside, continued in 1810, and completed in the later part of 1813. The second and third volumes were written in the first half of 1814.

Scott had an intimate acquaintance with Jacobite history, and Waverley draws on an extensive range of anecdotal and historical literary material. Editions The first edition of Waverley, in three volumes, consisting of 1000 copies, was on sale in Edinburgh on 7 July 1814 and in London shortly afterwards. It was followed by two further editions, together comprising 4000 copies, in the same year, with small authorial revisions, and by several more editions culminating in its appearance as the first and second volumes of the 'Magnum' edition in 1829 with introductory material and notes by Scott as well as revisions of the text. The first critical edition, by Claire Lamont, was published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1981. The standard edition is now that edited by P. Garside in 2007, as the first volume of: this is based on the first edition with emendations to restore authorial readings from the manuscript and the second and third editions.

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The new Magnum material is included in Volume 25a. Plot Background It is the time of the which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of, known as 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'. A young English dreamer and soldier, Edward Waverley, is sent to Scotland that year. He journeys north from his aristocratic family home, Waverley-Honour, in the south of England, first to the and the home of family friend Baron Bradwardine, then into the and the heart of the rebellion and its aftermath. Plot summary Edward is at ease in the family estate owned his uncle, Sir Everard Waverley, who maintains the family's traditional and sympathies.

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He spends time with his parents as well, though less time after his mother dies when he is about 12 or 13 years old. His father works for the government in nearby. Edward has a sense of his honour, but he starts life with no political affiliation. Edward is given a commission in the Hanoverian army by his father and posted to.

After some military training, he takes leave to visit Baron Bradwardine, a friend of his uncle, and meets the peer's lovely daughter Rose.