Would one of the Waverley novels have served the same purpose?

The second series is sometimes taken as part of the Waverley Novels.

He eventually acknowledged in 1827 that he was the author of the Waverley novels.

Both are lost from modern view among the short pieces of the last volumes of the Waverley novels.

Between 1882 and 1885 he edited the Waverley novels with notes and an introduction.

His series of works on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the "Waverley Novels".

I give him a parable: that the Waverley novels are better reading for every day than the tragic Life.

The Waverley Novels express his belief in the need for social progress that does not reject the traditions of the past.

He learned to read early, and by the time he was four years old he was familiar with most of the Waverley novels.

Scott's Waverley novels ignited interest in Scottish history and still illuminate it.