Waverley, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Waverley, Volume 1, credited to Sir Walter Scott, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Waverley, Volume 1, by Sir Walter Scott. Read by volunteer readers. Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'). It relates the story of a young dreamer and English soldier, Edward Waverley, who was sent to Scotland in 1745. 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 1745 Jacobite uprising and aftermath. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Waverley, Volume 1
• Author credits: Sir Walter Scott
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 43
• Listed recording duration: 12:31:00

Catalogue topics

• Waverley
• Jacobite Rebellion
• Bonnie Prince Charlie
• Scotland

Opening tracks: first 24 of 43

1. 01 - Publishers' Note — 5:26
2. 02 - Advertisement — 5:01
3. 03 - General Preface — 40:42
4. 04 - Introduction — 9:34
5. 05 - Preface & Author's Address — 7:34
6. 06 - Chapter I: Introductory — 10:43
7. 07 - Chapter II: Waverley-Honor: A Retrospect — 20:23
8. 08 - Chapter III: Education — 13:59
9. 09 - Chapter IV: Castle-Building — 13:32
10. 10 - Chapter V: Choice of a Profession — 20:48
11. 11 - Chapter VI: The Adieus of Waverley — 19:42
12. 12 - Chapter VII: A Horse-Quarter in Scotland — 12:17
13. 13 - Chapter VIII: A Scottish Manor-House Sixty Years Since — 13:38
14. 14 - Chapter IX: More of the Manor-House and Its Environs — 14:52
15. 15 - Chapter X: Rose Bradwardine and Her Father — 14:45
16. 16 - Chapter XI: The Banquet — 24:05
17. 17 - Chapter XII: Repentance and a Reconciliation — 19:06
18. 18 - Chapter XIII: A More Rational Day than the Last — 20:02
19. 19 - Chapter XIV: A Discovery - Waverley Becomes Domesticated at Tully-Veolan — 19:48
20. 20 - Chapter XV: A Creagh, and Its Consequences — 22:38
21. 21 - Chapter XVI: An Unexpected Ally Appears — 21:51
22. 22 - Chapter XVII: The Hold of a Highland Robber — 13:24
23. 23 - Chapter XVIII: Waverley Proceeds on His Journey — 27:48
24. 24 - Chapter XIX: The Chief and His Mansion — 19:09

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