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At the Circulating Library

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Setting: Middle East

  1. Annie Webb.  Naomi: or, The Last Days of Jerusalem.  1 vol.  London: Harvey and Darton, 1841.
  2. Stefanos Xenos.  The Devil in Turkey: or, Scenes in Constantinople.  3 vol.  London: Effingham Wilson, 1850.
  3. Eliza Vere Foster.  The Boatman of the Bosphorus: A Tale of Turkey.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1854.
  4. Morgan Peter Kavanagh.  Aristobulus, the Last of the Maccabees: A Tale of Jerusalem.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1855.
  5. George William MacArth Reynolds.  The Loves of the Harem: A Tale of Constantinople.  1 vol.  London: John Dicks, 1855.
  6. George Meredith.  The Shaving of Shagpat: An Arabian Entertainment.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1856.
  7. John Mason Neale.  Theodora Phranza: or, The Fall of Constantinople.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1857.
  8. Andrew Archibald Paton.  Melusina: A New Arabian Night's Entertainment.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1860.
  9. Hon. Mrs. Sugden.  The Arabian Nights Entertainments: Arranged for the Perusal of Youthful Readers.  1 vol.  London: Whittaker, 1863.
  10. Annie Webb.  Ishmael the Yezidee: A Romance of Syrian Life.  1 vol.  London: Darton and Hodge, 1865.
  11. Elizabeth Ann Finn.  Home in the Holy Land: A Tale Illustrating Customs and Incidents in Modern Jerusalem.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1866.
  12. Elizabeth Ann Finn.  A Third Year in Jerusalem: A Tale Illustrating Customs and Incidents of Modern Jerusalem; or, A Sequel to Home in the Holy Land.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1869.
  13. Agnes M. Gray.  Adah, the Jewish Maiden: A Story of the Siege of Jerusalem.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co., 1873.
  14. Sir Henry Pottinger.  Blue and Green: or, The Gift of God. A Romance of Old Constantinople.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1879.
  15. J. W. Dungey.  When the Ship Came Home: And Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: National Temperance Publication Depôt, 1880.
  16. A Resident of the Last Three Years.  The Tcherkess and his Victim: Sketches Illustrative of the Moral, Social, and Political Aspects of Life in Constantinople.  1 vol.  : , 1880.
  17. Robert Louis Stevenson.  New Arabian Nights.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.
  18. Robert Louis Stevenson.  More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1885.
  19. John Cookson Fife-Cookson.  Baylerbay: or, Strangers in Turkey. A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1886.
  20. George Alfred Henty.  For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1888.
  21. Mary Jemima Albert.  Behind the Kafes: A Story of Constantinople.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1890.
  22. Henryk Sienkiewicz.  Pan Michael: An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine and Turkey.  1 vol.  London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1893.
  23. Edwin Hodder.  In Strange Quarters: A Story of Constantinople.  1 vol.  London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1897.
  24. Kate A. Benton.  Geber: A Tale of the Reign of Harun Al Raschid, Khalif of Baghdad.  1 vol.  London: Grant Richards, 1900.