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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Setting: China

Description: The following novels are set in China.

  1. Anonymous.  The Rambles of the Emperor Ching Tih in Këang Nan: A Chinese Tale.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1843.
  2. Adam Lymburner Lymburner.  The Fall of the Nan Soung: A Tale of the Mogul Conquest of China.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1846.
  3. William Dalton.  The Wolf-Boy of China: or, Incidents and Adventures in the Life of Lyu-Payo.  1 vol.  Bath: Binns and Goodwin, 1857.
  4. Sir John Bowring.  Hwa Tsien Ki. The Flowery Scroll: A Chinese Novel.  1 vol.  London: W. H. Allen, 1868.
  5. Mary E. Gellie.  Adventures of Kwei, the Chinese Girl.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1872.
  6. Benjamin Clarke.  The Land of the Pigtail: Its People and Customs, From a Boy's Point of View.  1 vol.  London: Sunday School Union, 1874.
  7. Hezekiah Butterworth.  Stories from China.  1 vol.  London: Seeley, 1876.
  8. Anne Bowman.  The Adventures of Rolando in Mesopotamia, Persia, Siberia, Kamschatka, China, and Thibet.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1877.
  9. Jules Verne.  The Tribulations of a Chinaman.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1880.
  10. Robert Brown.  Spunyarn and Spindrift: A Sailor Boy's Log of a Voyage Out and Home in a China Tea-clipper.  1 vol.  London: Houlston and Co., 1886.
  11. Lewis Strange Wingfield.  The Lovely Wang: A Bit of China.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1887.
  12. Amy Stephens.  Smitten and Slain: A 19th Century Romance of Life in China.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1890.
  13. Fergus Hume.  The Chinese Jar: A Mystery.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1893.
  14. Charles Welsh Mason.  The Shen's Pigtail and Other Cues of Anglo-China Life.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894.
  15. Eleanor Stredder.  Aluteh: A Story of the Chinese Hills.  1 vol.  London: G. Stoneman, 1894.
  16. Alicia Ellen Neve Little.  A Marriage in China.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1896.
  17. Annie Maria Piercy.  Fa Tien: A Chinese Love Story.  1 vol.  London: Charles H. Kelly, 1896.
  18. William Carleton Dawe.  Captain Castle: A Tale of the China Seas.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1897.
  19. Julian Ralph.  Alone in China and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1897.
  20. St George Henry Rathborne.  The Girl from Hong Kong: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: James Henderson, 1898.