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The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott

Read an introduction to the life of Sir Walter Scott by J. G. Lockhart.

The selected novels below are electronic versions from the text 'Waverley Novels - The Centenary Edition', volume 3, published by Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, in 1870, (The Antiquary in 1871) and printed by R Clark, Edinburgh.

With thanks to Anders Thulin, of Linkoping in Sweden, who provided these texts.

• The Black Dwarf
• The Heart of Midlothian
• A Legend of Montrose
• Rob-Roy
• The Talisman
• The Antiquary

PDF Versions

The texts are also available to download as PDFs:

• The Life of Scott
• The Black Dwarf
• The Heart of Midlothian
• A Legend of Montrose
• Rob Roy
• The Talisman
• The Antiquary
• Waverley