Physical description

Waverley Novels St Ronans Well-2 Vol 34, Light brown hardcover lettering in black text.
Author: Sir Walter Scott
Publisher: Fisher Son & Co
Date: 1838

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

The label on spine with typed text PAT FIC SCO
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library
Front loose end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service

Summary

The subject volume of Waverley Novels St Ronans Well-2 Vol 34 published by Fisher Son & Co (1838) is part of a collected 48 volume set of Sir Walter Scott's works, containing various stories. Vol 34 in the 1836 Fisher edition reprints later entries from the fourth series, as these stories originally appeared in Scott's Magnum Opus 48 volume editions, the first from 1816. With the influential “Magnum Opus” editions from 1829–1833 by Robert Cadell, serving as the basis for later reprinted published sets like Fisher's.
St. Ronan's Well Volume 2 advances the central rivalries and intrigues at the Scottish spa. Originally published in 1824 as part of Sir Walter Scott's novel, it spans chapters 14-26, escalating tensions between half brothers Francis Tyrrel and the Earl of Etherington over Clara Mowbray.
After Tyrrel misses a duel and vanishes, innkeeper Meg Dods fears murder and consults solicitor Bindloose; wealthy traveller Peregrine Touchwood arrives, criticising modern changes and staying at the Cleikum Inn. Etherington gambles with John Mowbray, proposes to Clara citing his uncle's will requiring a Mowbray marriage, and duels Tyrrel secretly, wounding him. Theatricals at Shaw's Castle, anonymous warnings, and Clara's rejections heighten drama, with Etherington revealing their sham marriage past in letters to Captain Jekyl.