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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Publication Year: 1856

All the fiction titles published in the year 1856:

  1. Charles Warren Adams.  Randal Vaughan: or, Self in Self-Sacrifice.  2 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  2. Henry Cadwallader Adams.  The First of June: or, Schoolboy Rivalry. A Second Tale of Charlton School.  1 vol.  London: Rivington.
  3. Mrs. Alexander.  Agnes Waring: An Autobiography.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  4. Mrs. Alexander.  The Happy Cottage: A Tale of Summer's Sunshine.  1 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  5. Anonymous.  Deverell: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  6. Anonymous.  Colonel Biron: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  7. Anonymous.  Life's Chances: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  8. Anonymous.  Rank and Beauty: or, The Young Baroness: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  9. Anonymous.  Laura Gay: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  10. Anonymous.  Claude de Vesci: or, The Ancient Patrimony. A Tale.  2 vol.  London: Bell and Daldy.
  11. Anonymous.  Poisoners and Propagandists: or, A Developed Age. A Tale.  2 vol.  London: Charles Westerton.
  12. Anonymous.  Family Secrets and Family Interests: A Story Taken from Life.  1 vol.  London: Hope.
  13. Anonymous.  Ruth Clayton: or, The Contrast.  1 vol.  London: Knight and Son.
  14. Anonymous.  Nellie of Truro: A Tale from Life.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low.
  15. Francis Claudius Armstrong.  The Young Commander: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  16. Frederick Arnold.  Alfred Leslie: A Story of Glasgow Life.  1 vol.  Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son.
  17. R. M. Ballantyne.  Snowflakes and Sunbeams: or, The Young Fur-Traders.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons.
  18. Margaret Fraser Barbour.  The Way Home.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: John Greig and Son.
  19. Capt. Sir Edward Belcher.  Horatio Howard Brenton: A Naval Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  20. Catherine Douglas Bell.  Sydney Stuart: or, Love Seeketh not her own.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas.
  21. Catherine Douglas Bell.  Help in Time of Need: or, The Lord careth for his own.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: W. P. Kennedy.
  22. Catherine Douglas Bell.  Mary Elliot: or, Be ye kind one to another.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: W. P. Kennedy.
  23. John Richard Digby Beste.  Modern Society in Rome.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  24. Maria Catherine Bishop.  Erlesmere: or, Contrasts of Character.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  25. Archibald Boyd.  The Crown Ward.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  26. Edward Bradley.  Tales of College Life.  1 vol.  London: C. H. Clarke.
  27. Frances Elizabeth G. Carey Brock.  "Almost Persuaded": A Tale of Village Life.  1 vol.  London: Seeley.
  28. Mary Isabella Irwin Brotherton.  Arthur Brandon: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  29. BTAO "Clare Maitland".  Clare Maitland: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: James Burns.
  30. BTAO "The Wife's Trials".  Veiled Hearts: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  31. Selina Bunbury.  Our Own Story: or, The History of Magdalene and Basil St. Pierre.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  32. Mrs. E. Burrows.  The Martyr Land: or, Tales of the Vaudois.  1 vol.  London: Grant and Griffith.
  33. Lady Charlotte Bury.  The Lady of Fashion.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  34. Cecilia Mary Caddell.  Blind Agnese: or, The Little Spouse of the Blessed Sacrament.  1 vol.  Dublin: James Duffy.
  35. Elizabeth Rundle Charles.  The Cripple of Antioch and Other Scenes from Christian Life in Early Times.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet.
  36. Lady Chatterton.  Compensation: A Story of Real Life Thirty Years Ago.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker.
  37. John Randall Clarke.  Gloucester Cathedral: or, The Last Days of the Tudors. A Historical Romance of the Sixteenth Century.  1 vol.  London: Hope.
  38. Wilkie Collins.  After Dark.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  39. William John Conybeare.  Perversion: or, The Causes and Consequences of Infidelity. A Tale for the Times.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  40. Dudley Costello.  The Joint-Stock Banker: A Tale of the Day.  1 vol.  London: J. and C. Brown.
  41. Dinah Marie Craik.  John Halifax, Gentleman.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  42. George Cupples.  The Green Hand: A Sea Story. Being the Adventures of a Naval Lieutenant.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  43. Anna Hanson Dorsey.  Conscience: or, The Trials of May Brooke. An American Catholic Tale.  1 vol.  London: Charles Dolman.
  44. Alexandre Dumas.  The Chevalier d'Harmental.  1 vol.  London: C. H. Clarke.
  45. Pierce Egan.  Clifton Grey: or, Love and War: A Tale of the Present Day.  1 vol.  London: W. S. Johnson.
  46. Sarah Stickney Ellis.  The Mother's Mistake.  1 vol.  London: Houlston and Wright.
  47. Mrs. Eyre.  The Brave Boy: or, Christian Heroism.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  48. Fanny Fern.  Rose Clark.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  49. Sarah Maria Fry.  The Golden Mushroom.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S..
  50. Sarah Maria Fry.  Margaret Craven: or, Beauty of the Heart.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S..
  51. Stephen Watson Fullom.  The Man of the World: or, The Vanities of the Day.  3 vol.  London: C. J. Skeet.
  52. Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Gerstäcker.  The Pirates of the Mississippi.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  53. Samuel Griswold Goodrich.  Gilbert the Adventurer: or, Travels in Distant Countries.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  54. Catherine Gore.  A Life's Lessons.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  55. James Grant.  Harry Ogilvie: or, The Black Dragoons.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  56. James Grant.  The Phantom Regiment: or, Stories of "Ours".  1 vol.  London: Thomas Hodgson.
  57. Thomas Greenhalgh.  Kennee-Voo: or, The Sacking of Allaroonah. An Incident of the African Slave Trade.  1 vol.  London: Longman.
  58. Josepha Heath Gulston.  Young Singleton.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  59. Professor H..  The Letter and the Spirit: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  60. C. H. H..  Ion Lester: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters.
  61. Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer.  Clara: or, Slave Life in Europe.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  62. Anna Maria Hopton.  The Two Homes: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: J. H. and J. Parker.
  63. Harriet D'Oyley Howe.  Katherine Woodrington: or, Talents Neglected.  1 vol.  London: Wertheim and Macintosh.
  64. Catherine Anne Hubback.  The Old Vicarage: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: C. J. Skeet.
  65. Catherine Anne Hubback.  Agnes Milbourne: or, Foy pour Devoir.  2 vol.  London: C. J. Skeet.
  66. Henry Noel Humphreys.  Diamonds and Dust: Being Grains from the Sands of Society.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  67. Henry Noel Humphreys.  Stories by an Archaeologist and his Friends.  2 vol.  London: Bell and Daldy.
  68. William Hurton.  The Doomed Ship: or, The Wreck of the Arctic Regions.  1 vol.  London: Willoughby and Co..
  69. Mary Catherine Jackson.  The Story of my Wardship.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  70. John Cordy Jeaffreson.  Isabel: The Young Wife and the Old Love.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  71. Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury.  The Sorrows of Gentility.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  72. Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury.  Angelo: or, The Pine Forest in the Alps.  1 vol.  London: Grant and Griffith.
  73. Emily Jolly.  Mr. Arle: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  74. Julia Kavanagh.  Rachel Gray: A Tale Founded on Fact.  1 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  75. Annie Keary.  Mia and Charlie: or, A Week's Holiday at Rydale Rectory.  1 vol.  London: David Bogue.
  76. John W. Kirton.  The Mysterious Parchment.  1 vol.  Glasgow: William Collins.
  77. William Knighton.  Edgar Bardon: An Autobiographical Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  78. John Lang.  Captain Macdonald: or, Haps and Hishaps at Capias Castle.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock.
  79. Fanny Caroline Lefroy.  "Long, Long Ago": An Autobiography.  1 vol.  London: Mozley and Co..
  80. Mark Lemon.  The Heir of Applebise, and Our Lodgers.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans.
  81. Charles James Lever.  The Martins of Cro' Martin.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  82. Anna Lisle.  Self and Self-Sacrifice: or, Nelly's Story.  1 vol.  London: Groombridge.
  83. Thomas Litchfield.  The Coldstreams and the Musqueteers: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  84. Lady Catharine Long.  The Story of a Drop of Water.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  85. Max Lyle.  Fair Oaks: or, The Experiences of Arnold Osborne, M.D..  2 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  86. Rosina Bulwer Lytton.  Very Successful!: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Whittaker.
  87. Catherine Charlotte Maberly.  Leonora.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  88. William Bernard MacCabe.  Adelaide, Queen of Italy: or, The Iron Crown. An Historical Tale.  1 vol.  London: Charles Dolman.
  89. J. Macgowan.  Evelyn Grey.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet.
  90. Matilda Anne Mackarness.  Sibert's Wold.  1 vol.  London: Lockwood and Co..
  91. Daniel Owen Madden.  The Mildmayes: or, The Clergyman's Secret. A Story of Twenty Years Ago.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  92. Anne Marsh.  Evelyn Marston.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  93. Colburn Mayne.  Madeline Clare: or, The Important Secret.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  94. Maria Jane Mcintosh.  Violet: or, Found at Last.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  95. Julia Melville.  Old Memories: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  96. George Meredith.  The Shaving of Shagpat: An Arabian Entertainment.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  97. Susanna Moodie.  The Monctons: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Bentley.
  98. Albert Julius Mott.  Amberhill: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  99. Edward Hungerford Elers Napier.  The Linesman: or, Service in the Guards and the Line.  3 vol.  London: George W. Hyde.
  100. John Mason Neale.  The Farm of Aptonga: A Story for Children of the Times of S. Cyprian.  1 vol.  Burntisland: Pitsligo Press.
  101. Emma Newby.  Sunshine and Shadow: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  102. John Henry Newman.  Callista: A Sketch of the Third Century.  1 vol.  London: James Burns.
  103. Emilia Norris.  Henry Lyle: or, Life and Existence.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  104. Richard Baptist O'Brien.  Ailey Moore: A Tale of the Times; Showing how Evictions, Murders, and Such-like Pastimes are Managed, and Justice Administered, in Ireland; Together with Many Stirring Incidents in Other Lands.  1 vol.  London: Charles Dolman.
  105. Margaret Oliphant.  Zaidee: A Romance.  3 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood.
  106. Octavia Oliphant.  Frirwin: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hope.
  107. Margaret Oliphant.  Christian Melville.  1 vol.  London: David Bogue.
  108. Henry Owgan.  Out on the World: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  109. David Pae.  Jessie Melville: or, The Double Sacrifice. An Edinburgh Tale.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Thomas Grant.
  110. Francis Edward Paget.  The Owlet of Owlstone Edge: His Travels, his Experience, and his Lucubrations.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters.
  111. Julia S. H. Pardoe.  Lady Arabella: or, The Adventures of a Doll.  1 vol.  London: Kerby and Son.
  112. George Frederick Pardon.  The Faces in the Fire: The Shadows on the Wall; with Other Tales and Sketches.  1 vol.  London: James Blackwood.
  113. Harriet Parr.  Kathie Brande: A Fire Side History of a Quiet Life.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  114. Mrs. Parry.  Olive Hastings: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  115. Margaret Agnes Paul.  Dorothy: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker.
  116. Margaret Agnes Paul.  DeCressy: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker.
  117. Lady Emily Ponsonby.  The Young Lord.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  118. Marguerite Agnes Power.  Evelyn Forester: A Woman's Story.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  119. Noell Radecliffe.  Diana Wynyard.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  120. Charles Reade.  It is Never too Late to Mend: A Matter of Fact Romance.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  121. Capt. Mayne Reid.  The Quadroon: or, A Lover's Adventures in Louisiana.  3 vol.  London: George W. Hyde.
  122. 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.
  123. James Reynolds.  Eveleen.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  124. William C. Richards.  Harry's Vacation: or, Philosophy at Home.  1 vol.  Glasgow: William Collins.
  125. D. Richmond.  Amy Carlton: or, First Days at School. A Tale for the Young.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  126. Charlotte Elizabeth Riddell.  Zuriel's Grandchild: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  127. Emma Robinson.  The City Banker: or, Love and Money.  3 vol.  London: C. J. Skeet.
  128. William Russell.  Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer.  1 vol.  London: J. and C. Brown.
  129. William Russell.  Tales of the Coast Guard.  1 vol.  London: J. and C. Brown.
  130. William Russell.  The Marriage Settlement, and The Rose of Corail.  1 vol.  London: J. and C. Brown.
  131. William Russell.  The Experiences of a Barrister.  1 vol.  London: J. and C. Brown.
  132. Jane Alice Sargant.  Charlie Burton: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K..
  133. Marmion Wilme Savage.  Clover Cottage: or, I can't get in. A Novelette.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  134. Lady Scott.  The Old Gray Church: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  135. Mrs. Scott.  Mary Mathieson: or, Duties and Difficulties.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Son.
  136. Elizabeth Missing Sewell.  Ivors.  2 vol.  London: Longman.
  137. Elizabeth Sara Sheppard.  The Double Coronet: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  138. Elizabeth Sara Sheppard.  Round the Fire: Six Stories.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  139. Catherine Sinclair.  What Might Have Been!: or, The Old Love and the New. A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  140. Frank Smedley.  Harry Coverdale's Courtship and All That Came of It.  1 vol.  London: Virtue, Hall, and Virtue.
  141. Alice Somerton.  Oeland: A Thread of Life.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock.
  142. Catherine Helen Spence.  Tender and True: A Colonial Tale.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  143. James Augustus St. John.  The Ring and the Veil: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  144. Bayle Frederick St. John.  Maretimo: A Story of Adventure.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  145. Elizabeth Stone.  Ellen Merton: or, The Pic-Nic.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters.
  146. Harriet Beecher Stowe.  Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low.
  147. Julia Cecilia Stretton.  Margaret and Her Bridesmaids.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  148. Jane Margaret Strickland.  Adonijah: A Tale of the Jewish Dispersion.  1 vol.  London: Simpkin.
  149. William Makepeace Thackeray.  The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans.
  150. Henrietta Euphemia Tindal.  The Heirs of Blackridge Manor: A Tale of the Past and Present.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  151. Catharine Parr Traill.  Lady Mary and her Nurse: or, A Peep into the Canadian Forest.  1 vol.  London: Arthur Hall.
  152. Frances Milton Trollope.  Fashionable Life: or, Paris and London.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  153. Charlotte Maria Tucker.  The Giant-Killer: or, The Battle which all must Fight.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons.
  154. Charlotte Maria Tucker.  Wings and Stings: A Tale for the Young.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons.
  155. Mary Theresa Vidal.  Florence Templar.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  156. E. H. W..  Marian Falconer: or, Stars in the Darkness.  1 vol.  Bath: Binns and Goodwin.
  157. Ellen Wallace.  Beyminstre.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  158. Susan Bogert Warner.  Mr. Rutherford's Children.  2 vol.  London: James Nisbet.
  159. Susan Bogert Warner.  Casper.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  160. Marion Eliza Weir.  Holidays at the Cottage: or, A Visit to Aunt Susan.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Shephert and Elliot.
  161. William West.  Maurice Elvington: or, One Out of Suits with Fortune. An Autobiography.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  162. George John Whyte-Melville.  Kate Coventry: An Autobiography.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker.
  163. J. Crawford Wilson.  Jonathan Oldaker: or, Leaves from the Diary of a Commercial Traveller.  1 vol.  London: Bentley.
  164. Emma Jane Worboise.  Grace Hamilton's School Days.  1 vol.  Bath: Binns and Goodwin.
  165. A. Wygorn.  Elsie Seymour: or, The Contrast.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  166. Charlotte Mary Yonge.  The Daisy Chain.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker.
  167. Charlotte Mary Yonge.  Ben Sylvester's Word.  1 vol.  London: Mozley and Co..