The Fortunes of Nigel (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical NovelBy Walter Scott
Length21h 39m
About this audiobook
Set in the uneasy brilliance of Jacobean London, The Fortunes of Nigel follows Nigel Olifaunt, a young Scottish nobleman seeking redress at the court of James I, where debt, patronage, intrigue, and national prejudice shape his fate. Scott blends historical romance with urban comedy, moving from royal chambers to taverns, prisons, and mercantile households. The novel belongs to the Waverley tradition, yet its sharper social panorama and interest in law, credit, and courtly corruption give it a distinctly metropolitan richness. Walter Scott, already the foremost historical novelist of his age, drew upon his antiquarian learning, legal training, and Scottish identity to reconstruct the early Stuart world. His fascination with moments of political union and cultural friction is central here: James's court becomes a stage on which Scots and English negotiate power, suspicion, and opportunity. Scott's own experience as a lawyer and public man informs the novel's attention to institutions, reputation, and social mobility. This book is recommended to readers who value historical fiction that is intellectually textured as well as entertaining. Those interested in seventeenth-century politics, Scottish-English relations, or the development of the novel will find The Fortunes of Nigel both illuminating and rewarding.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (24)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenreHistorical Fiction, Literary Classics
Length21 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 2, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
24Chapter XIX
2Introduction
25Chapter XX
3Synopsis
26Chapter XXI
4Historical Context
27Chapter XXII
5Author Biography
28Chapter XXIII
Mostrar todos os capítulosVer menos
6Chapter I
29Chapter XXIV
7Chapter II
30Chapter XXV
8Chapter III
31Chapter XXVI
9Chapter IV
32Chapter XXVII
10Chapter V
33Chapter XXVIII
11Chapter VI
34Chapter XXIX
12Chapter VII
35Chapter XXX
13Chapter VIII
36Chapter XXXI
14Chapter IX
37Chapter XXXII
15Chapter X
38Chapter XXXIII
16Chapter XI
39Chapter XXXIV
17Chapter XII
40Chapter XXXV
18Chapter XIII
41Chapter XXXVI
19Chapter XIV
42Chapter XXXVII
20Chapter XV
43Analysis
21Chapter XVI
44Reflection
22Chapter XVII
45Memorable Quotes
23Chapter XVIII
The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott (Illustrated Edition)Walter Scott839h 21m4.5 (155)$1.99 · $0.00
WALTER SCOTT: The Complete Novels (Illustrated)Walter Scott524h 1m4.6 (140)$1.99 · $0.00
The Magic of Scotland - 70+ Scottish Historical Novels, Adventure Classics & Romance NovelsWalter Scott, John Buchan, Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, J. M. Barrie971h 36m4.4 (11)$1.99 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott (Illustrated)Walter Scott839h 23m4.6 (130)$1.99 · $0.00
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF SIR WALTER SCOTTWalter Scott72h 19m4.4 (18)$1.99 · $0.00
Tales of My Landlord - All 7 Novels in One Edition (Illustrated)Walter Scott101h 39m4.3 (12)$1.99 · $0.00
The Complete Poems of Sir Walter ScottWalter Scott53h 13m4.3 (150)$1.99 · $0.00
THE PIRATE: Life & Times of John GowWalter Scott22h 43m3.5 (1.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Black Dwarf (Unabridged)Walter Scott7h 30m3.6 (509)$1.99 · $0.00
Guy Mannering (Unabridged)Walter Scott21h 32m3.9 (6.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
Woodstock (Unabridged)Walter Scott22h 12m3.8 (616)$1.99 · $0.00
The Fair Maid of Perth (Unabridged)Walter Scott21h 5m3.9 (666)$1.99 · $0.00
The Bride of Lammermoor (Unabridged)Walter Scott15h 15m3.8 (4.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Antiquary (Unabridged)Walter Scott21h 9m3.8 (4.5K)$1.99 · $0.00
Quentin Durward (Unabridged)Walter Scott21h 51m3.9 (2.9K)$1.99 · $0.00
Waverly (Unabridged)Walter Scott21h 56m3.6 (9.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Kenilworth (Unabridged)Walter Scott21h 48m3.9 (14.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
Waverley, Ivanhoe & Rob Roy (Illustrated Edition)Walter Scott60h 12m$1.99 · $0.00
WaverleyWalter Scott21h 15m3.7 (11.2K)$1 · $0.00
IvanhoeWalter Scott15h 58m3.9 (128.7K)$1 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m4.6 (33.1K)$33 · $0.00
Scaramouche (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini15h 24m4.6 (1.8K)$2 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m4.5 (77.2K)$53 · $0.00
ShivajiRanjit Desai25h 13m4.6 (3.1K)$24 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
Lieutenant Hornblower (Annotated)C. S. Forester11h 41m4.5 (2.9K)$2 · $0.00
A Christmas Carol (Illustrated Edition)Charles Dickens3h 23m4.5 (21.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideLucy Maud Montgomery11h 44m4.5 (48.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Viennese DressmakerKathryn Gauci11h 46m4.5 (2.1K)$23 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Under the Light of the Italian MoonJennifer Anton12h 28m4.5 (5.3K)$23 · $0.00
Jubilee, 50th Anniversary EditionMargaret Walker15h 43m4.5 (9.5K)$25 · $0.00
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen14h 44m4.4 (4.7M)$2 · $0.00
Flying Colours (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith9h 26m4.4 (10.1K)$2 · $0.00
With Love from HarlemReShonda Tate13h 48m4.5 (2K)$6 · $0.00
Sweet Home Highland ChristmasMay McGoldrick, Jan Coffey2h 54m4.5 (1.4K)$7 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideL. M. Montgomery12h 25m4.4 (67.5K)$2 · $0.00
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Annotated)Willa Cather9h 13m4.4 (4.7K)$2 · $0.00
The Alice NetworkKate Quinn15h 7m4.4 (887.1K)$33 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
Pride & Prejudice (Annotated)Jane Austen15h 10m4.7 (13.3K)$2 · $0.00
The Jeeves and Wooster Stories: The Complete Collection (33 Books)P. G. Wodehouse21h 57m4.7 (2.8K)$15 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m4.7 (8.9K)$46 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$15 · $0.00
TWELFTH NIGHTWilliam Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m4.6 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Complete Histories / History Plays of William Shakespeare (Annotated)William Shakespeare29h 42m4.6 (2.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 50m4.6 (1.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust16h 8m4.5 (10.6K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Mis-Education of the NegroCarter Goodwin Woodson4h 32m4.5 (28.4K)$10 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomery11h 1m4.5 (1.2M)$2.30 · $0.00
You may also like
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's QueenLiliʻuokalani11h 46m4.3 (3.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Fortunes of Nigel (Unabridged)Walter Scott21h 33m3.8 (1.1K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Lost Prince & Little Lord FauntleroyFrances Hodgson Burnett18h 9m4.1 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
The RefugeesArthur Conan Doyle13h 21m4.0 (364)$2.30
The Prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hope5h 57m4.0 (33.6K)$2.30
The prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hope5h 23m4.1 (75.7K)Free
Prince AlbertA.N. Wilson13h 36m4.1 (1.5K)$33 · $0.00
VanderbiltAnderson Cooper, Katherine Howe8h 51m4.1 (90.2K)$29 · $0.00
KING LEARWilliam Shakespeare18h 7m4.2 (274.5K)$1.99 · $0.00
Beyond the Crescent SkyA. L. Sowards13h 6m4.5 (335)$27
The Diary of Samuel PepysSamuel Pepys122h 13m4.2 (12K)Free
Hawaii's StoryLiliʻuokalani12h 17m4.2 (2.8K)$1 · $0.00
CymbelineWilliam Shakespeare2h 54m3.8 (17.4K)$18 · $0.00
Hawaii's StoryLiliʻuokalani11h 46m3.9 (2.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
Sword of KingsBernard Cornwell13h 19m4.4 (30.5K)$33 · $0.00
Winston and the WindsorsAndrew Morton12h 51m4.4 (378)$33 · $0.00
The Memoirs of Madame Vigée LebrunLouise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun8h 37m4.1 (387)$2 · $0.00
A Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de MarsacStanley John Weyman15h 49m4.0 (1.6K)$1.99 · $0.00
The English Governess at the Siamese CourtAnna Harriette Leonowens10h 16m3.4 (996)$23
The Adventures of AkbarFlora Annie Webster Steel4h3.6 (121)$1 · $0.00