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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Setting: Canada

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

  1. John Richardson.  Wacousta: or, The Prophecy. A Tale of the Canadas.  3 vol.  London: Cadell, 1832.
  2. Mary E. Bennett.  The Canadian Girl: or, The Pirate of the Lakes. A Story of the Affections.  1 vol.  London: John Bennett, 1838.
  3. Joseph Holt Ingraham.  Quebec and New York: or, The Three Beauties. An Historical Romance of 1775.  3 vol.  London: A. K. Newman, 1839.
  4. Frederick Marryat.  The Settlers in Canada.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1844.
  5. Joseph Abbott.  Philip Musgrave: or, Memoirs of a Church of England Missionary in the North American Colonies.  1 vol.  London: John Murray, 1846.
  6. Burrows Willcocks Arthur Sleigh.  The Outcast Prophet.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1847.
  7. Catharine Parr Traill.  Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains.  1 vol.  London: Arthur Hall, 1852.
  8. Catharine Parr Traill.  Lady Mary and her Nurse: or, A Peep into the Canadian Forest.  1 vol.  London: Arthur Hall, 1856.
  9. Mrs. Edmund Heathcote.  The Admiral's Niece: or, A Tale of Nova Scotia.  2 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1858.
  10. Elizabeth Hely Walshe.  Cedar Creek: From the Shanty to the Settlement. A Tale of Canadian Life.  1 vol.  London: Leisure Hour Office, 1863.
  11. William Henry Giles Kingston.  The Log House by the Lake: A Tale of Canada.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1864.
  12. John Cunningham Geikie.  George Stanley: or, Life in the Woods. A Boy's Narrative of the Adventures of a Settler's Family in Canada.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1864.
  13. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.  Cousin Phillis and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1865.
  14. Anonymous.  Lyntonville : or, The Irish Boy in Canada.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1865.
  15. E. S. T..  The Staff Surgeon: Life in England and Canada.  1 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1865.
  16. Percy Bolingbroke St. John.  The Snow Ship: The Adventures of Canadian Emigrants.  1 vol.  London: David Bryce, 1867.
  17. Margaret Murray Robertson.  Shenac's Work at Home: A Story of Canadian Life.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1868.
  18. Alicia.  Sowing the Good Seed: A Canadian Tale.  1 vol.  London: Oliphant, 1870.
  19. J. E..  The Old and the New Home: A Canadian Tale.  1 vol.  London: Oliphant, 1870.
  20. L. G..  Jessie Grey: or, The Discipline of Life. A Canadian Tale.  1 vol.  London: Oliphant, 1870.
  21. Agnes Maule Machar.  Katie Johnstone's Cross: A Canadian Tale.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co., 1870.
  22. Margaret Murray Robertson.  The Bairns: or, Janet's Love and Service. A Story from Canada.  1 vol.  London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1870.
  23. BTAO "The Two Lucys".  Ruth Lee and Her Companions: or, Working for God. A Canadian Story.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1871.
  24. Cecilia Lucy Brightwell.  Georgie's Present: or, Tales of Newfoundland.  1 vol.  London: Book Society, 1872.
  25. Charles Henry Eden.  The Fortunes of the Fletchers: A Story of Life in Canada and Australia.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1873.
  26. Annie Louisa Walker.  A Canadian Heroine: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873.
  27. Mrs. Alfred Payne.  The Forest Crossing: Life in the Canadian Backwoods.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1875.
  28. Charles Henry Eden.  The Home of the Wolverine and Beaver: or, Fur-hunting in the Wilds of Canada.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1876.
  29. Achilles Daunt.  The Three Trappers: A Story of Adventure in the Wilds of Canada.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1882.
  30. Alice O'Hanlon.  The Unforeseen.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1885.
  31. Margaret Murray Robertson.  A Year and a Day: A Story of Canadian Life.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1886.
  32. E. Phillips Oppenheim.  Expiation: A Novel of England and Our Canadian Dominion.  1 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1887.
  33. George Alfred Henty.  With Wolfe in Canada: Or, The Winning of a Continent.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1887.
  34. Graeme Mercer Adam.  An Algonquin Maiden: A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1887.
  35. Barry Pain.  In a Canadian Canoe, The Nine Muses Minus One, and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Henry, 1891.
  36. James Macdonald Oxley.  Bert Lloyd's Boyhood: A Story from Nova Scotia.  1 vol.  London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1892.
  37. Eleanor Stredder.  Lost in the Wilds: A Canadian Story.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1893.
  38. Jessie Kerr Lawson.  Dr. Bruno's Wife: A Toronto Society Story.  1 vol.  London: Simpkin, 1893.
  39. Elizabeth Leila Shew.  If Men were Wise: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1894.
  40. Clive Phillipps Wolley.  Gold, Gold, in Cariboo: A Story of Adventure in British Columbia.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1894.
  41. James Macdonald Oxley.  The Young Woodsman: or, Life in the Forests of Canada.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1895.
  42. James Macdonald Oxley.  My Strange Rescue: and Other Stories of Sport and Adventure in Canada.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1895.
  43. J. Robert Hutchinson.  Way Down East.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1896.
  44. Joseph Alexander Altsheler.  A Soldier of Manhattan, and his Adventures at Ticonderoga and Quebec.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1898.
  45. Jean Newton McIlwraith.  The Span o' Life: A Tale of Louisbourg and Quebec.  1 vol.  London: Harper and Bros., 1899.
  46. James Macdonald Oxley.  Fife and Drum at Louisbourg.  1 vol.  London: Gay and Bird, 1899.
  47. Susan Carleton Jones.  A Girl of the North: A Story of London and Canada.  1 vol.  London: Greening and Co., 1900.
  48. James Hume Nisbet.  The Revenge of Valerie: A Romance of British Columbia.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1900.
  49. Ralph Connor.  The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of Western Canada.  1 vol.  London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1901.