What is "waverley"

Waverley is an 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832). Published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's first venture into prose fiction, it is often regarded as the first historical novel in the western tradition. It became so popular that Scott's later novels were advertised as being "by the author of Waverley". His series of works on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the " Waverley Novels".

Waverley is the name of several different things:

• Waverley (novel), a novel by Sir Walter Scott
  • The Waverley Novels, the series of which Waverley was the first
  • The Waverley Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz inspired by Scott's novel
  • The Waverley pen nib, made by Macniven and Cameron. Named after the Waverley novels, it was a popular writing instrument during the nineteenth century.

Waverley is a mansion, formerly a plantation house, in Clay County, Mississippi, ten miles east of West Point.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. A statement at that time by the National Park Service read:

The antebellum home was originally owned by George Hampton Young, a colonel from Georgia. At one point [when?], the Waverley Plantation was independent, providing its own produce and meat, textiles, and energy. The mansion fell into disrepair following the end of the Young family line in 1913, but was restored by the Robert Snow family beginning in 1962.

The house is open for tours daily.

Waverley is a passenger rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line, located in Waverley Square, Belmont, Massachusetts. The station is located below grade, in the triangle of Trapelo Road, Lexington Street, and Church Street in western Belmont.

Waverley is a historic home located near Morgantown, Charles County, Maryland. It is a large two story, five-bay, Flemish-bond brick house, that faces the Potomac River. All interior woodwork is characteristic of the Federal period.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.