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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Genre: Silver-Fork Novel

Description: These novels depict life in fashionable society, particularly popular from the 1820s to 1840s.

References: Alison Adburgham, Silver Fork Society: Fashionable Life and Literature from 1814 to 1840 (Constable, 1983); Sutherland

  1. Robert Plumer Ward.  Tremaine: or, The Man of Refinement.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1825.
  2. Marianne Spencer Hudson.  Almack's: A Society Novel of the Times of George IV.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1826.
  3. Catherine Dorothea Burdett.  English Fashionables Abroad: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1827.
  4. Robert Plumer Ward.  De Vere: or, The Man of Independence.  4 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1827.
  5. Edward Bulwer Lytton.  Pelham: or, The Adventures of a Gentleman.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1828.
  6. Lady Scott.  A Marriage in High Life.  2 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1828.
  7. Edward Bulwer Lytton.  Devereux: A Tale.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1829.
  8. Edward Bulwer Lytton.  The Disowned.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1829.
  9. Edward Bulwer Lytton.  Paul Clifford.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1830.
  10. Theodore Edward Hook.  Maxwell.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1830.
  11. Benjamin Disraeli.  The Young Duke: "A Moral Tale, though gay".  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1831.
  12. Catherine Gore.  Mothers and Daughters: A Tale of the Year 1830.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1831.
  13. Catherine Gore.  Pin Money.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1831.
  14. Letitia Elizabeth Landon.  Romance and Reality.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1831.
  15. Benjamin Disraeli.  Contarini Fleming: A Psychological Auto-Biography.  4 vol.  London: John Murray, 1832.
  16. Thomas Henry Lister.  Arlington.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1832.
  17. Countess of Blessington.  The Repealers.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1833.
  18. Edward Bulwer Lytton.  Godolphin: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1833.
  19. Benjamin Disraeli.  The Wondrous Tale of Alroy: The Rise of Iskander.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1833.
  20. Theodore Edward Hook.  The Parson's Daughter.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1833.
  21. Theodore Edward Hook.  Love and Pride.  3 vol.  London: Whittaker, 1833.
  22. Catherine Gore.  The Hamiltons: or, The New Era.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1834.
  23. Letitia Elizabeth Landon.  Francesca Carrara.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1834.
  24. Countess of Blessington.  The Two Friends: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1835.
  25. Lady Sydney Owenson Morgan.  The Princess: or, The Beguine.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1835.
  26. Lady Dacre.  Tales of the Peerage and the Peasantry.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1835.
  27. Lady Charlotte Bury.  The Devoted.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1836.
  28. Catherine Gore.  The Diary of a Désennuyée.  2 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1836.
  29. Catherine Gore.  Mrs. Armytage: or, Female Domination.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1836.
  30. Theodore Edward Hook.  Gilbert Gurney.  3 vol.  London: Whittaker, 1836.
  31. Countess of Blessington.  The Victims of Society.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1837.
  32. Catherine Gore.  Memoirs of a Peeress: or, The Days of Fox.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1837.
  33. Edward Bulwer Lytton.  Ernest Maltravers.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1837.
  34. Lady Charlotte Bury.  The Divorced.  2 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1837.
  35. Lady Charlotte Bury.  Love.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1837.
  36. Benjamin Disraeli.  Venetia.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1837.
  37. Benjamin Disraeli.  Henrietta Temple: A Love Story.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1837.
  38. Catherine Gore.  Stokeshill Place: or, The Man of Business.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1837.
  39. Theodore Edward Hook.  Jack Brag.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1837.
  40. Letitia Elizabeth Landon.  Ethel Churchill: or, The Two Brides.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1837.
  41. Edward Lakeby.  The Earldom Restored: An Event in High Life.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1837.
  42. Catherine Gore.  The Woman of the World: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1838.
  43. Edward Bulwer Lytton.  Alice: or, The Mysteries. A Sequel to "Ernest Maltravers".  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1838.
  44. Catherine Gore.  The Heir of Selwood: or, Three Epochs of a Life.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1838.
  45. Theodore Edward Hook.  Gurney Married: A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1838.
  46. Catherine Manners.  The Courtier's Daughter.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1838.
  47. Countess of Blessington.  The Governess.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1839.
  48. Catherine Gore.  The Cabinet Minister.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1839.
  49. Theodore Edward Hook.  Births, Deaths, and Marriages.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1839.
  50. Robert Plumer Ward.  Pictures of the World at Home and Abroad.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1839.
  51. Rosina Bulwer Lytton.  Cheveley: or, The Man of Honour.  3 vol.  London: Edward Bull, 1839.
  52. Lady Charlotte Bury.  The History of a Flirt, Related by Herself.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1840.
  53. Catherine Gore.  Preferment: or, My Uncle the Earl.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1840.
  54. Catherine Gore.  The Dowager: or, The New School for Scandal.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1840.
  55. Catherine Gore.  Cecil: or, The Adventures of a Coxcomb.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1841.
  56. Catherine Gore.  Greville: or, A Season in Paris.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1841.
  57. Lady Charlotte Bury.  Family Records: or, The Two Sisters.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1841.
  58. Catherine Gore.  Cecil, a Peer: A Sequel to Cecil; or, The Adventures of a Coxcomb.  3 vol.  London: T. and W. Boone, 1841.
  59. Robert Plumer Ward.  De Clifford: or, The Constant Man.  4 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1841.
  60. Lady Charlotte Bury.  The Manoeuvring Mother.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1842.
  61. Countess of Blessington.  The Lottery of Life.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1842.
  62. Theodore Edward Hook.  Fathers and Sons.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1842.
  63. Theodore Edward Hook.  Peregrine Bunce: or, Settled at Last.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1842.
  64. Letitia Elizabeth Landon.  Lady Anne Granard: or, Keeping Up Appearances.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1842.
  65. Catherine Gore.  The Ambassador's Wife.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1842.
  66. Catherine Gore.  The Banker's Wife: or, Court and City.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1843.
  67. Frances Milton Trollope.  Hargrave: or, The Adventures of a Man of Fashion.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1843.
  68. Lady Charlotte Bury.  The Wilfulness of Woman.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1844.
  69. Catherine Gore.  The Popular Member, The Wheel of Fortune, etc.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1844.
  70. Countess of Blessington.  Strathern: or, Life at Home and Abroad. A Story of the Present Day.  4 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1845.
  71. Catherine Gore.  Self: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1845.
  72. Catherine Gore.  Peers and Parvenus.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1846.
  73. Catherine Gore.  The Débutante: or, The London Season.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1846.
  74. Barbara Hemphill.  Lionel Deerhurst: or, Fashionable Life Under the Regency.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1846.
  75. Catherine Gore.  Castles in the Air.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1847.
  76. Catherine Charlotte Maberly.  Fashion and its Votaries.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1848.
  77. Catherine Gore.  The Diamond, and the Pearl.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1849.
  78. BTAO "Sin and Sorrow".  Sin and Sorrow: A Story of a Man of Fashion.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1850.
  79. Clarinda Atkyns.  The Perils of Fashion: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1852.
  80. Catherine Gore.  The Dean's Daughter: or, The Days We Live In.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1853.
  81. Clarinda Atkyns.  The Colonel: A Novel of Fashionable Life.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1853.
  82. Catherine Gore.  Progress and Prejudice.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1854.
  83. Catherine Gore.  Mammon: or, The Hardships of an Heiress.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1855.
  84. Mrs. Martin Lucas.  The Quicksands of Fashion: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1855.
  85. Lady Charlotte Bury.  The Lady of Fashion.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1856.
  86. Lady Chatterton.  Compensation: A Story of Real Life Thirty Years Ago.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1856.
  87. Frances Milton Trollope.  Fashionable Life: or, Paris and London.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1856.
  88. Henry Noel Humphreys.  Diamonds and Dust: Being Grains from the Sands of Society.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1856.
  89. Emily Owen.  Raised to the Peerage: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1859.
  90. Blue Tunic.  From the Peasantry to the Peerage: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1860.
  91. George Augustus Sala.  The Baddington Peerage: Who Won, and Who Wore It. A Story of the Best and Worst of Society.  3 vol.  London: C. J. Skeet, 1860.
  92. Catherine Maria Grey.  Passages in the Life of a Fast Young Lady.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1862.
  93. Catherine Maria Grey.  Good Society: or, Contrasts of Character.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863.
  94. Clarinda Atkyns.  A Page from the Peerage.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1863.
  95. Joseph Verey.  Martyrs to Fashion: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868.