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At the Circulating Library

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Illustrator: George Cruikshank

Illustrator: George Cruikshank (1792–1878)

Fiction Titles:

  1. Matthew Henry Barker. Tough Yarns. London: Effingham Wilson, 1835.
  2. Matthew Henry Barker. Land and Sea Tales. London: Effingham Wilson, 1836.
  3. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. London: Bentley, 1838.
  4. William Nugent Glascock. Land Sharks and Sea Gulls. London: Bentley, 1838.
  5. William Harrison Ainsworth. Jack Sheppard. London: Bentley, 1839.
  6. George Mogridge. Sergeant Bell and his Raree-Show. London: Thomas Tegg, 1839.
  7. William Harrison Ainsworth. The Tower of London. London: Bentley, 1840.
  8. Richard Harris Barham. The Ingoldsby Legends. London: Bentley, 1840.
  9. William Harrison Ainsworth. Guy Fawkes. London: Bentley, 1841.
  10. Henry Cockton. Stanley Thorn. London: Bentley, 1841.
  11. William Harrison Ainsworth. The Miser's Daughter. London: Cunningham and Mortimer, 1843.
  12. William Harrison Ainsworth. Windsor Castle. London: Henry Colburn, 1843.
  13. Charles James Lever. Arthur O'Leary, his Wanderings and Ponderings in Many Lands. London: Henry Colburn, 1844.
  14. William Maginn. John Manesty, the Liverpool Merchant. London: John Mortimer, 1844.
  15. Catherine Gore. The Snow Storm. London: Fisher, 1845.
  16. Catherine Gore. New Year's Day. London: Fisher, 1846.
  17. Augustus Mayhew. The Good Genius that Turned Everything into Gold. London: David Bogue, 1847.
  18. Augustus Mayhew. The Greatest Plague of Life. London: David Bogue, 1848.
  19. Augustus Mayhew. Whom to Marry and How to Get Married!. London: David Bogue, 1848.
  20. Catherine Gore. The Inundation. London: Fisher, 1848.
  21. Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke. Kit Bam's Adventures. London: Grant and Griffith, 1849.
  22. Augustus Mayhew. The Magic of Kindness. London: Darton and Co., 1849.
  23. Angus Bethune Reach. Clement Lorimer. London: David Bogue, 1849.
  24. Frank Smedley. Frank Fairlegh. London: Arthur Hall, 1850.
  25. Henry Mayhew. 1851. London: David Bogue, 1851.
  26. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. London: Cassell, 1852.
  27. Catherine Gore. The Lost Son. London: Dean and Son, 1854.
  28. Julia S. H. Pardoe. Lady Arabella. London: Kerby and Son, 1856.
  29. Alfred Whaley Cole. Lorimer Littlegood, Esq. London: James Blackwood, 1858.
  30. James Hain Friswell. Out and About. London: Groombridge, 1860.
  31. Dudley Costello. Holidays with Hobgoblins. London: J. C. Hotten, 1861.
  32. Juliana Horatia Ewing. The Brownies and Other Tales. London: Bell and Daldy, 1870.
  33. Juliana Horatia Ewing. Lob Lie-by-the-Fire. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874.
  34. Mary Catherine Rowsell. The Pedlar and his Dog. London: Blackie, 1885.

Novels in Parts:

  1. William Harrison Ainsworth. Jack Sheppard. 15 parts (1s per part). London: Bentley, 29 November 1839 to 6 March 1840 (weekly).
  2. William Harrison Ainsworth. The Tower of London. 12 parts in 13 (1s per part). London: Bentley, January 1840 to December 1840 (monthly).
  3. William Harrison Ainsworth. Windsor Castle. 11 parts (1s per part). London: Henry Colburn, January 1844 to November 1844 (monthly) dates approximate.
  4. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. 10 parts (1s per part). London: Bradbury and Evans, January 1846 to October 1846 (monthly).
  5. Augustus Mayhew. The Greatest Plague of Life. 6 parts (1s per part). London: David Bogue, February 1847 to July 1847 (monthly).
  6. Augustus Mayhew. Whom to Marry and How to Get Married!. 6 parts (1s per part). London: David Bogue, November 1847 to April 1848 (monthly).
  7. Angus Bethune Reach. Clement Lorimer. 6 parts (1s per part). London: David Bogue, November 1848 to April 1849 (monthly).
  8. Frank Smedley. Frank Fairlegh. 15 parts (1s per part). London: Arthur Hall, January 1849 to March 1850 (monthly).
  9. Henry Mayhew. 1851. 8 parts (1s per part). London: David Bogue, February 1851 to September 1851 (monthly).
  10. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. 15 parts (2d per part). London: Cassell, 23 October 1852 to 15 January 1853 (weekly).

Periodical Serializations:

  1. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. Bentley's Miscellany, February 1837 to April 1839 (monthly) irregular.
  2. Matthew Henry Barker. Nights at Sea. Bentley's Miscellany, March 1837 to June 1838 (monthly).
  3. Henry Cockton. Stanley Thorn. Bentley's Miscellany, January 1840 to February 1842 (monthly).