A dreamy young English officer is swept into the doomed Jacobite rising of 1745 in the Scottish Highlands.
Books mentioned in Waverley (35)
Commentaries on the Gallic War by Julius Caesar: “which may be observed less or more in every work in which the third person is used, from the Commentaries of Caesar to the Autobiography of Alexander the Corrector.”
Artamène, ou le Grand Cyrus by Madeleine de Scudéry: “It exhibited specimens of every kind, from the romances of chivalry and the ponderous folios of Cyrus and Cassandra, down to the most approved works of later times.”
Cassandre by La Calprenède: “It exhibited specimens of every kind, from the romances of chivalry and the ponderous folios of Cyrus and Cassandra, down to the most approved works of later times.”
Queenhoo-Hall by Joseph Strutt: “amongst which was an unfinished romance, entitled Queenhoo Hall.”
Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis by David Lindsay: “A similar burlesque sermon is pronounced by the Fool in Sir David Lindesay's satire of the "Three Estates."”
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare: “The nonsense and vulgar burlesque of that composition illustrate the ground of Sir Andrew, Aguecheek's eulogy on the exploits of the jester in "Twelfth Night,"”
The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon: “The following song, which has been since borrowed by the worshipful author of the famous "History of Fryar Bacon," has been with difficulty deciphered.”
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio: “sought gratification in the numerous collections of novelle, which were brought forth by the genius of that elegant though luxurious nation, in emulation of the 'Decameron.'”
Natural History by Pliny the Elder: “nor would I utterly accede to the objurgation of the younger Plinius, in the fourteenth book of his 'Historia Naturalis.'”
Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum by Arthur Johnston: “and the 'Deliciae Poetarum Scotorum,' and Sir David Lindsay's 'Works', and Barbour's 'Brace', and Blind Harry's 'Wallace', and 'The Gentle Shepherd', and 'The Cherry and The Slae.'”
The Bruce by John Barbour: “and Barbour's 'Brace', and Blind Harry's 'Wallace', and 'The Gentle Shepherd', and 'The Cherry and The Slae.'”
The Wallace by Blind Harry: “and Barbour's 'Brace', and Blind Harry's 'Wallace', and 'The Gentle Shepherd', and 'The Cherry and The Slae.'”
The Gentle Shepherd by Allan Ramsay: “and Barbour's 'Brace', and Blind Harry's 'Wallace', and 'The Gentle Shepherd', and 'The Cherry and The Slae.'”
The Cherrie and the Slae by Alexander Montgomerie: “and Barbour's 'Brace', and Blind Harry's 'Wallace', and 'The Gentle Shepherd', and 'The Cherry and The Slae.'”
Hieroglyphica Animalium by Archibald Simson: “as might be read in Archibald Simson, pastor of Dalkeith's 'Hieroglyphica Animalium'”
La Pícara Justina by Francisco López de Úbeda: “The ingenious licentiate Francisco de Ubeda, when he commenced his history of 'La Picara Justina Diez,'--which, by the way, is one of the most rare books of Spanish literature,”
De Jurejurando by Tomás Sánchez: “This is something like the brocard expressed by the learned Sanchez in his work "De Jure-jurando" which you have questionless consulted upon this occasion.”
Verrine Orations by Cicero: “which is prelected upon by Tullius in his oration "In Verrem."”
The Art of English Poetry by Edward Bysshe: “to any more splendid illustration with which Byshe's 'Art of Poetry' might supply me.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton: “or, as Burton's "Anatomia" hath it, a phrenesiac or lethargic patient,”
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: “'Romeo and Juliet' was selected, and Edward read with taste, feeling, and spirit several scenes from that play.”
Styles of Writs by George Dallas: “whipped down Dallas of St. Martin's 'Styles' from a shelf, where that venerable work roosted with Stair's 'Institutions,' Dirleton's 'Doubts,' Balfour's 'Practiques,'”
The Institutions of the Law of Scotland by James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair: “where that venerable work roosted with Stair's 'Institutions,' Dirleton's 'Doubts,' Balfour's 'Practiques,' and a parcel of old account-books,”
Doubts and Questions in the Law by John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton: “where that venerable work roosted with Stair's 'Institutions,' Dirleton's 'Doubts,' Balfour's 'Practiques,' and a parcel of old account-books,”
Practicks by James Balfour: “where that venerable work roosted with Stair's 'Institutions,' Dirleton's 'Doubts,' Balfour's 'Practiques,' and a parcel of old account-books,”
The Cottagers of Glenburnie by Elizabeth Hamilton: “I mean Mrs. Hamilton's 'Glenburnie' and the late account of 'Highland Superstitions.'”
Douglas by John Home: “corrected from the 'History of the Rebellion' by the late venerable author of 'Douglas.'”
King Lear by William Shakespeare: “which reminded Waverley of a rhyme quoted by Edgar in King Lear;”
The Odyssey by Homer: “He was not, indeed, so luxuriously attended upon this occasion as the heroic travellers in the Odyssey;”
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare: “who often resembled, in his quaint humour, mine Host of the Garter in the Merry Wives of Windsor; or Blague of the George in the Merry Devil of Edmonton.”
The Merry Devil of Edmonton: “who often resembled, in his quaint humour, mine Host of the Garter in the Merry Wives of Windsor; or Blague of the George in the Merry Devil of Edmonton.”
The Gypsies Metamorphosed by Ben Jonson: “Love a horse and a hound, but no part of a swine. The Gipsies Metamorphosed.”
Books that mention Waverley (3)
Middlemarch by George Eliot: “Waverley was new to Flora MacIvor; but then she did not fall in love with him.”
Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac: “And Lousteau, on his side, was privately receiving five hundred francs of purchase-money, under the name of commission, from Fendant and Cavalier for introducing the future Sir Walter Scott to two enterprising tradesmen in search of a French Author of "Waverley."”
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin: “He had just finished and enjoyed three of Scott’s Waverley novels, but “there are a thousand things in them, as in Shakespeare, that one may enjoy more and much longer if one has somebody to converse with while dwelling upon them.””