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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Setting: Egypt

Description: The following novels are set in Egypt or Sudan.

  1. Annie Tinsley.  The Priest of the Nile: A Tale of Ancient Egypt.  2 vol.  London: Whittaker, 1841.
  2. Eliza Lynn Linton.  Azeth, the Egyptian: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1846.
  3. Annie Webb.  Idaline: A Story of the Egyptian Bondage.  1 vol.  London: Bentley, 1854.
  4. John Mason Neale.  The Egyptian Wanderers: A Story for Children, of the Great Tenth Persecution.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1854.
  5. Sir Charles Augustus Murray.  Hassan: or, Child of the Pyramid. An Egyptian Tale.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1857.
  6. Anonymous.  The Warringtons Abroad: or, Twelve Months in Germany, Italy, and Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Seeley, 1866.
  7. M. L. Whately.  The Story of a Diamond: Illustrative of Egyptian Manners and Customs.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1867.
  8. Edwin De Leon.  Askaros Kassis the Copt: A Romance of Modern Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.
  9. Georg Moritz Ebers.  Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1877.
  10. Emily Katharine Bates.  Egyptian Bonds: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1879.
  11. Sara K. Hunt.  Yusuf and his Friends: The Story of a Family Trip to the Land of Egypt.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1880.
  12. Edith Louisa Floyer.  A Strange Journey: or, Pictures from Egypt and the Soudan.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1882.
  13. James Grant.  The Royal Highlanders: or, The Black Watch in Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1885.
  14. Lewis Hough.  For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1885.
  15. James Grant.  Playing with Fire: A Story of the Soudan War.  3 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1887.
  16. Georg Moritz Ebers.  An Egyptian Princess: An Historical Novel.  1 vol.  London: George Bell and Sons, 1887.
  17. R. M. Ballantyne.  Blue Lights: or, Hot Work in the Soudan. A Tale of Soldier Life.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1888.
  18. H. Rider Haggard.  Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1889.
  19. George Alfred Henty.  The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1889.
  20. Marie Louise Hutcheson.  Taia: A Shadow of the Nile.  1 vol.  London: Remington, 1890.
  21. Headon Hill.  His Egyptian Wife: An Anglo-Egyptian Romance.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1895.
  22. St George Henry Rathborne.  Masked in Mystery: A Romantic Story of Adventure under Egyptian Skies.  1 vol.  London: James Henderson, 1897.
  23. Charles Henry Butcher.  Armenosa of Egypt: A Romance of the Arab Conquest.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1897.
  24. Richard Marsh.  The Beetle: A Mystery.  1 vol.  London: Skeffington, 1897.
  25. Clive Holland.  An Egyptian Coquette.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1898.
  26. Guy Boothby.  Pharos the Egyptian.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1899.
  27. George Alfred Henty.  At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1899.
  28. E. Livingston Prescott.  Illusion: A Romance of Modern Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Simpkin, 1899.
  29. James Bagnall Stubbs.  The Order of Isis: A Story of Mystery and Adventure in Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Skeffington, 1900.
  30. Sir Gilbert Parker.  Donovan Pasha and Some People of Egypt.  1 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1902.