Waverley is an 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832). Published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's first venture into prose fiction, it is often regarded as the first historical novel in the western tradition. It became so popular that Scott's later novels were advertised 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 "Waverley Novels".
Plot
Background
It is the time of the Jacobite uprising of 1745 which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart, 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 Scottish Lowlands and the home of family friend Baron Bradwardine, then into the Highlands and the heart of the rebellion and its aftermath.
Summary
Edward has been brought up in the family home by his uncle, Sir Everard Waverley, who maintains the family Tory and Jacobite sympathies, while Edward's Whig father works for the Hanoverian government in nearby London. Edward is given a commission in the Hanoverian army and posted to Dundee, then promptly takes leave to visit Baron Bradwardine, a Jacobite friend of his uncle, and meets the Baron's lovely daughter Rose.
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The Waverley travelled by the scenic Settle–Carlisle route, but could not compete on speed to Scotland with the trains travelling on the East Coast Main Line via York. Its route was longer and steeper, and Midland expresses could not ignore major population centres en route. As a result, after the 1920s few passengers travelled the full length of the route.
The Thames–Forth lost its title at the outbreak of World War II in common with almost all named trains in the UK. It was not restored—this time as The Waverley—until June 1957.
However the effect of regional division, mining subsidence along part of the route, and underpowered locomotives meant that its performance was actually inferior in time to that achieved in 1939.
Pope-Waverley was one of the brands of the Pope Motor Car Company founded by Albert Augustus Pope and was a manufacturer of Brass Eraelectricautomobiles in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company was originally formed as the Indiana Bicycle Company in 1898 changing to the American Bicycle Company in 1900. In 1903 it became the International Motor Car Company before joining the Pope group in 1903. From 1908 until production ceased in 1914 they became independent again as the Waverley Company.
Products
The 1904 Pope-Waverley Chelsea was a runabout model. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for US$1100. The single electric motor was situated at the rear of the car, and produced 3hp (2.2kW). The car used 30 batteries.
The 1904 Pope-Waverley Road Wagon was a smaller wagon model. It could seat 2 passengers with an open box at the rear for cargo and sold for US$850. The single electric motor was situated at the rear of the car and produced 3hp (2.2kW). The car used a 24-cell battery and could travel at 5 or 15mph (8 or 24km/h).
This year I shall have lived in Edinburgh for a quarter of a century ... I was drunk on the stuff ... What other city has a railway station (Waverley) named after a novel or a high street (Princes Street) with shops on one side and gardens on the other? ... .
In fact, the first idea for my novel ... The houses – Pemberley, Brideshead, Waverley – are totems of various forms of power, and the novels explore what that power feels like between people in private.
IT HAS towered over Princes Street since the 19th century, a permanent tribute to one of the world’s greatest writers ... It is a stone’s throw from Waverley – the railway station named after one of the writer’s novels. ChristmasEdinburgh. .
Walter Scott’s Waverley, which was published in 1814 and is said to be the first historical novel in the western tradition ... a first edition of Scott’s Waverley and the printing press on which his ...
Day-trippers are heading to the waterfront neighbourhood of Brooklyn Heights to survey the historic mansions featured in the novel and sample the almond croissants of Le FrenchTart...Waverley, seven, and Sawyer, four.
Day-trippers are heading to the waterfront neighbourhood of Brooklyn Heights to survey the historic mansions featured in the novel and sample the almond croissants of Le FrenchTart...Waverley, seven, and Sawyer, four.
The Scottish historian and novelist was dubbed ‘The Great Unknown’ when his incredibly popular Waverley novels swept England, and launched the genre of historical fiction.
When Rob Roy was published, with a for-its-time large first run of 10,000 copies, Sir Walter was writing anonymously, but the book was marketed as “written by the author of the Waverley novels”.
Scott was the author of wildly popular novels such as Waverley, which gave a romantic image of the Scottish Highlands. In 1815 this led him to being invited for dinner with George, who was then Prince Regent. Mr Melvin said ... Mr Melvin said ... It said ... .
