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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Setting: South Africa

Description: The following novels are set in or contain characters from South Africa.

  1. Edward Augustus Kendall.  The English Boy at the Cape: An Anglo-African Story.  3 vol.  London: Whittaker, 1835.
  2. Mrs. F. Marshall Ward.  Jasper Lyle: A Tale of Kafirland.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1851.
  3. E. Clarence Shepard.  Francia: A Tale of the Revolution of Paraguay, from Authentic Sources.  1 vol.  London: Bentley, 1851.
  4. Capt. Mayne Reid.  The Bush-Boys: or, The History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family in the Wild Karoos of Southern Africa.  1 vol.  London: David Bogue, 1856.
  5. Capt. Mayne Reid.  The Young Yägers: or, A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa.  1 vol.  London: David Bogue, 1857.
  6. Mrs. F. Marshall Ward.  Hardy and Hunter: A Boy's Own Story.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1858.
  7. Charles Bernard Gibson.  Beyond the Orange River: or, Scenes in Southern Africa.  1 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1861.
  8. Gustave Aimard.  The Pearl of the Andes: A Tale of Love and Adventure.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1863.
  9. Charlotte Barter.  Home in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1867.
  10. Alfred Wilks Drayson.  Adventures of Hans Sterk, the South African Hunter and Pioneer.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1869.
  11. Anne Mackenzie.  Charlie Douglas's Visit to a Mission Station: Being Recollections of Mission Work in Natal.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1870.
  12. Jules Verne.  Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1873.
  13. Charles Henry Eden.  An Inherited Task: or, Early Mission Life in Southern Africa.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1874.
  14. Henry Cadwallader Adams.  Hair-Breadth Escapes: or, The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1877.
  15. R. M. Ballantyne.  The Settler and the Savage: A Tale of Peace and War in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1877.
  16. William Henry Giles Kingston.  The Young Llanero: A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1877.
  17. Olive Schreiner.  The Story of an African Farm.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1883.
  18. Achilles Daunt.  Frank Redcliffe: A Story of Travel and Adventure in the Forests of Venezuela.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1883.
  19. Janet Gordon.  Jacob Jennings, the Colonist: or, The Adventures of a Young Scotchman in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Oliphant, 1884.
  20. Jules Verne.  The Vanished Diamond: A Tale of South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1885.
  21. James Grant.  Dulcie Carlyon: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1886.
  22. J. de Alencar.  Iraçéma the Honey-Lips: A Legend of Brazil.  1 vol.  London: Bickers, 1886.
  23. Harriett Ella Ernle Money.  A Little Dutch Maiden: A South African Sketch.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1887.
  24. Alfred Wilks Drayson.  The Diamond Hunters of South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1889.
  25. Bessie Marchant.  Among the Torches of the Andes.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo, 1890.
  26. Anna de Brémont.  The Gentleman Digger: A Study of Johannesburg Life.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1891.
  27. Bertram Mitford.  T'ween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir War.  1 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1892.
  28. Marion Agnes Bengough.  In a Promised Land.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1893.
  29. Olive Schreiner.  Dream Life and Real Life: A Little African Story.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893.
  30. William Charles Scully.  Kafir Stories.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.
  31. Anna de Brémont.  The Ragged Edge: Tales of the African Gold Fields.  1 vol.  London: Downey, 1895.
  32. Lucas Malet.  The Carissima: A Modern Grotesque.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1896.
  33. Henry Anderson Bryden.  Tales of South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Archibald Constable, 1896.
  34. George Cossins.  Isban-Israel: A South African Story.  1 vol.  London: Gay and Bird, 1896.
  35. Egerton Clairmonte.  The Africander: A Plain Tale of Colonial Life.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896.
  36. Fred Whishaw.  Lost in African Jungles.  1 vol.  London: Frederick Warne, 1896.
  37. Olive Schreiner.  Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897.
  38. Anna Howarth.  Jan: An Afrikander.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1897.
  39. William Charles Scully.  Between Sun and Sand: A Tale of an African Desert.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1898.
  40. William Charles Scully.  A Vendetta of the Desert.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1898.
  41. Anna Howarth.  Katrina: A Tale of the Karoo.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1898.
  42. Henry Anderson Bryden.  An Exiled Scot: Passages in the Life of Ranald Cameron of Fannich.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1899.
  43. Anna Howarth.  Sword and Assegai.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1899.
  44. Anna de Brémont.  A Son of Africa: A Romance.  1 vol.  London: Greening and Co., 1899.
  45. H. Rider Haggard.  The Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1899.
  46. Henry Anderson Bryden.  From Veldt Camp Fires: Stories of Southern Africa.  1 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1900.
  47. Elizabeth Thomasina Meade.  A Sister of the Red Cross: A Tale of the South African War.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1900.
  48. James Hume Nisbet.  For Right and England: A Story of the South African War, 1899-1900.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1900.
  49. James Hume Nisbet.  The Empire Makers: A Romance of Adventure and War in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1900.
  50. Arthur Laycock.  Steve, the Outlander: A Romance of South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1900.
  51. John Oakley.  A Gentleman in Khaki: A Story of the South African War.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1900.
  52. Edwin Harcourt Burrage.  John Blessington's Enemy: A Story of Life in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1900.
  53. Harold Blore.  An Imperial Light Horseman.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1900.
  54. H. Rider Haggard.  Black Heart and White Heart, and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1900.
  55. Lucas Cleeve.  What Men Call Love: A Story of South Africa in the Days of Cetewayo.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1901.
  56. Alfred Greenwood Hales.  Driscoll, King of Scouts.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1901.
  57. Anna Howarth.  Nora Lester.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1902.