num_pages: 463
description: Set during the Jacobite rising in Scotland in 1745, this novel springs from Scott's childhood recollections and his desire to preserve in writing the features of life in the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland. Waverley was first published anonymously in 1814 and was Scott's first novel.
language: English
title: Waverley
titlecomplete: Waverley
characters: Edward Waverley, Davie Gellatley, Flora Mac-Ivor, Evan Dhu Maccombich, Rose Bradwardine, Flora McIvor, Fergus Mac-Ivor Vich Ian Vohr, Donald Bean Lean
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Scotland, Classics, British Literature, Adventure, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 5516
places: Scotland
publisher: Oxford University Press