1829-1833 The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott

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Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Complete in forty-eight volumes. With a frontispiece and vignette title to each volume. The Waverley Novels are a collection created by the author to produce a final version of what is considered his Magnum Edition, containing much of the original verse. Originally release between 1814 and 1832, the series is issued with an introduction and notes of adjustments to the text. These novels are said to have played a significant part in the movement to modern historical novels and in rehabilitating public perception of the Scottish Highlands. They were some of the most popular and widely read novels of the time, increasing Scott's reputation to become one of the most recognisable literary names of the Georgian era. Written by Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish historian, poet, playwright, and novelist whose works remain classics of European literature This set includes: Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since, complete in two volumes, 1829. Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer, complete in two volumes, 1829. The Antiquary, complete in two volumes, 1829. Rob Roy, complete in two volumes, 1829. Old Mortality, complete in two volumes, 1830. Heart of Mid-Lothian and Bride of Lammermoor, complete in two volumes, 1830. A Legend of Montrose, complete in one volume, 1830. Ivanhoe: A Romance, complete in two volumes, 1830. The Monastery, complete in two volumes, 1830. The Abbot; Being the Sequel to The Monastery, complete in two volumes, 1831. Kenilworth, complete in two volumes, 1831. The Pirate, complete in two volumes, 1831. The Fortunes of Nigel, complete in two volumes, 1831. Peverill of the Peak, complete in three volumes, 1831. Quentin Durward, complete in two volumes, 1831. St. Ronan's Well, complete in two volumes, 1832. Redgauntlet, complete in two volumes, 1832. The Betrothed, complete in one volume, 1832. The Talisman, complete in one volume, 1832. Woodstock, complete in two volumes, 1832. The Highland Widow, complete in one volume, 1832. Fair Maid of Perth, complete in two volumes, 1832. Anne of Geierstein; or, The Maiden of the Mist, complete in two volumes, 1833. Count Robert of Paris, in one volume, 1833. Count Robert of Paris Continued & Castle Dangerous, in one volume, 1833. The Surgeon's Daughter, complete in one volume, 1833.