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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Charles Kingsley

Author: Charles Kingsley (1819–1875)

Biography: Church of England clergyman. Brother of authors Henry Kingsley and Charlotte Chanter. Father of novelist Mary St. Leger Harrison. See entry in DNB or Sutherland.

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References: DNB; Sutherland; Vann

Fiction Titles:

  1. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1850.
  2. Yeast: A Problem.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1851.
  3. Hypatia: or, New Foes with an Old Face.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1853.
  4. Westward Ho!: or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth.  3 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1855.
  5. Two Years Ago.  3 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1857.
  6. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby.  1 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1863.
  7. Hereward the Wake, "Last of the English".  2 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1866.
  8. Madam How and Lady Why: or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children.  1 vol.  London: Bell and Daldy, 1869.