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Completion of Composition
- When
- 1813
- Where
- Unknown
The manuscript for Waverley was probably completed in the later part of 1813 after being begun in 1808 and laid aside multiple times.
Evidence about the composition of the first volume is inconclusive, but it was probably begun in 1808, laid aside, continued in 1810, and eventually taken up and completed in the later part of 1813. In a later "General Preface" to the Magnum Edition, Scott wrote that one factor prompting him to resume work in 1813 was a desire to do for Scotland what Maria Edgeworth's fiction had done for Ireland.
Sources
- Waverley (novel) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
- Walter Scott Wikipedia
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