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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Setting: New Zealand

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

References: Leo J. Henkin, "Problems and Digressions in the Victorian Novel (1860–1900)" [Part V], Bulletin of Bibliography (1945)

  1. Daniel Puseley.  Number One: or, The Way of the World.  1 vol.  London: Simpkin, 1862.
  2. Lady Pamela Campbell.  Martin Tobin: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1864.
  3. Edward Dutton Cook.  Sir Felix Foy, Bart.: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1865.
  4. Joshua Henry Kirby.  Henry Ancrum: A Tale of the Last War in New Zealand.  2 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
  5. William Henry Giles Kingston.  Waihoura: or, The New Zealand Girl.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 1873.
  6. Major Arthur George Frederick Griffiths.  The Queen's Shilling: A Soldier's Story.  2 vol.  London: Henry S. King, 1873.
  7. Frederick Armfelt.  Frank Arnstein: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: Charing Cross Publishing Co., 1874.
  8. Massingberd Home.  Carstairs.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.
  9. Anthony Trollope.  The Fixed Period: A Novel.  2 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1882.
  10. Thorpe Talbot.  Philiberta: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1883.
  11. Clara Cheeseman.  A Rolling Stone.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1886.
  12. Matilda Leathes.  Over the Hills and Far Away.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1887.
  13. George Alfred Henty.  Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1891.
  14. Henry Brereton Marriott Watson.  The Web of the Spider: A Tale of Adventure.  1 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1891.
  15. William Brown Churchward.  Jem Peterkin's Daughter: An Antipodean Novel.  3 vol.  London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1892.
  16. Anthony Hope.  Half a Hero.  2 vol.  London: A. D. Innes, 1893.
  17. Eleanor Stredder.  Doing and Daring: A New Zealand Story.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1894.
  18. Elisabeth Boyd Bayly.  A New Zealand Courtship, and Other Work-a-Day Stories.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1895.
  19. James Hume Nisbet.  The Rebel Chief: A Romance of New Zealand.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1896.
  20. Evan May.  Much in a Name.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1896.
  21. Sir George Makgill.  Cross Trails.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1898.
  22. Louisa Alice Baker.  The Untold Half.  1 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1899.
  23. Rolf Boldrewood.  "War to the Knife": or, Tangata Maori.  1 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1899.
  24. Cecil Wentworth.  John Bede's Wife: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1899.
  25. Louisa Alice Baker.  The Devil's Half Acre.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900.
  26. Bannerman Kaye.  Haromi: A New Zealand Story.  1 vol.  London: James Clarke, 1900.