Waverley universe

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The Waverley universe is the shared historical and fictional setting that connects Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels, encompassing their characters, locations, and events in a common narrative world.

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Waverley universe canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional universe
literary setting
connectsWork Waverley novels NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Scott’s Waverley universe NERFINISHED
Waverley novels universe NERFINISHED
hasCreator Walter Scott NERFINISHED
hasGenre historical fiction
hasLanguage English
Scots NERFINISHED
hasNotableCharacter Edward Waverley NERFINISHED
Fergus Mac-Ivor NERFINISHED
Jeanie Deans NERFINISHED
Rebecca of York NERFINISHED
Rob Roy MacGregor NERFINISHED
hasNotableLocation Border regions
Edinburgh NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
Highlands of Scotland NERFINISHED
Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED
Trossachs NERFINISHED
hasPrimarySetting Scotland NERFINISHED
hasSettingPeriod 17th century
18th century
Jacobite era
Middle Ages NERFINISHED
Reformation era
hasTheme clash of cultures
historical change
national identity
romanticism
hasWork A Legend of Montrose NERFINISHED
Anne of Geierstein NERFINISHED
Castle Dangerous NERFINISHED
Count Robert of Paris NERFINISHED
Guy Mannering NERFINISHED
Ivanhoe NERFINISHED
Kenilworth NERFINISHED
Old Mortality NERFINISHED
Peveril of the Peak NERFINISHED
Quentin Durward NERFINISHED
Redgauntlet NERFINISHED
Rob Roy NERFINISHED
St. Ronan’s Well NERFINISHED
The Abbot NERFINISHED
The Antiquary NERFINISHED
The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED
The Fair Maid of Perth NERFINISHED
The Fortunes of Nigel NERFINISHED
The Heart of Midlothian NERFINISHED
The Monastery NERFINISHED
The Pirate NERFINISHED
Waverley NERFINISHED
Woodstock NERFINISHED
influenced historical novel genre

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Description of subject: The Waverley universe is the shared historical and fictional setting that connects Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels, encompassing their characters, locations, and events in a common narrative world.

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The Legend of Montrose fictionalUniverse Waverley universe