the Waverley novels
/ðə ˈweɪvəli nɒvlz/
/ðə ˈweɪvərli nɑːvlz/
- the name given to the novels of Sir Walter Scott because he said at the beginning of them that they were written 'by the author of Waverley' and did not give his name. The first of them (itself called Waverley) was published in 1814, and it was not until 1827 that Scott announced publicly that he was in fact the author of the novels.
韦弗利小说：沃尔特·斯科特爵士的小说之所以被冠以名字，是因为他在小说开始时就说这些小说是“韦弗利的作者”写的，但没有给出名字。其中第一本（本身称为Waverley）于1814年出版，直到1827年Scott才公开宣布他实际上是小说的作者。