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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Publication Year: 1842

All the fiction titles published in the year 1842:

  1. John Yonge Akerman.  London Legends.  2 vol.  London: Bentley.
  2. Anonymous.  Fascination, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  3. Anonymous.  The M.D.'s Daughter: A Novel of the Nineteenth Century.  3 vol.  London: T. and W. Boone.
  4. Anonymous.  Secret Associations: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  5. Anonymous.  Evelyn Howard: or, Mistaken Policy. A Domestic Tale.  2 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  6. Robert Armitage.  Doctor Hookwell: or, The Anglo-Catholic Family.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  7. John Banim.  Father Connell. By the O'Hara Family.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  8. Mary Ann Serrett Barber.  Childhood's Duties: or, Precepts for Little Emma.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet.
  9. Richard Harris Barham.  The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth and Marvels [Second Series].  1 vol.  London: Bentley.
  10. Mary E. Bennett.  The Cottage Girl: or, The Marriage-Day.  1 vol.  London: William Bennett.
  11. Countess of Blessington.  The Lottery of Life.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  12. Anna Eliza Bray.  Henry de Pomeroy: or, The Eve of St. John. A Legend of Cornwall and Devon.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  13. Fredrika Bremer.  The Neighbours: A Story of Every-day Life.  2 vol.  London: Longman.
  14. Hannah Dorothy Burdon.  The Pope and the Actor: An Historical Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  15. Lady Charlotte Bury.  The Manoeuvring Mother.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  16. Alfred Butler.  Midsummer Eve: A Tale.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  17. Alfred Butler.  The Herberts.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  18. Baroness de Calabrella.  The Tempter and the Tempted.  3 vol.  London: Thomas Miller.
  19. Harriette Campbell.  Self-Devotion: or, The History of Katherine Randolph.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  20. Frederick Chamier.  Passion and Principle: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  21. James Fenimore Cooper.  The Two Admirals: A Tale of the Sea.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  22. James Fenimore Cooper.  The Jack O'Lantern: or, The Privateer.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  23. Pierce Egan.  Paul Jones.  2 vol.  London: F. Hextall.
  24. Pierce Egan.  Adam Bell, Clym O' the Cleugh, and William of Cloudeslie.  1 vol.  London: F. Hextall.
  25. Pierce Egan.  Captain Macheath: or, The Highwayman of a Century Since!.  1 vol.  London: F. Hextall.
  26. James Baillie Fraser.  Allee Neemroo, the Buchtiaree Adventurer: A Tale of Louristan.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  27. Thomas Gaspey.  Many Coloured Life: or, Tales of Woe and Touches of Mirth.  1 vol.  London: Hugh Cunningham.
  28. George Robert Gleig.  The Veterans of Chelsea Hospital.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  29. Henry Godwin.  Stonehenge: or, The Romans in Britain. A Romance of the Days of Nero.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  30. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  Wilhelm Meister.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  31. Catherine Gore.  The Ambassador's Wife.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  32. Catherine Gore.  The Man of Fortune, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  33. William Gresley.  Bernard Leslie: or, A Tale of the Last Ten Years.  1 vol.  London: James Burns.
  34. Gerald Griffin.  Talis Qualis: or, Tales of the Jury Room.  3 vol.  London: John Maxwell.
  35. John Henry.  The Foundling of Cordova: A Moorish Tale.  3 vol.  London: Thomas Hurst.
  36. Barbara Hofland.  The Czarina: An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  37. Barbara Hofland.  The Godmother's Tales.  1 vol.  London: A. K. Newman.
  38. W. H. M. Holmes.  Life in the West: Back-Wood Leaves and Prairie Flowers: Rough Sketches on the Borders of the Picturesque, the Sublime, and Ridiculous. Extracts from the Note Book of Morleigh in Search of an Estate.  1 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  39. Theodore Edward Hook.  Fathers and Sons.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  40. Theodore Edward Hook.  Peregrine Bunce: or, Settled at Last.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  41. Edward Howard.  Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  42. Mary Howitt.  Which is the Wiser: or, The People Abroad. A Tale for Youth.  1 vol.  London: Thomas Tegg.
  43. Robert Huish.  Our Grandmama's Clock: or, A Visit at the Midsummer Holidays.  1 vol.  London: Groombridge.
  44. G. P. R. James.  Morley Ernstein: or, The Tenants of the Heart.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  45. Douglas William Jerrold.  Cakes and Ale.  2 vol.  London: Jeremiah How.
  46. Sir John William Kaye.  The Story of Basil Bouverie.  3 vol.  : [None].
  47. Caroline Matilde Kirkland.  Forest Life.  2 vol.  London: Longman.
  48. Charles Knox.  Softness: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  49. Charles Knox.  Rittmeister's Budget: A Strange Medley.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  50. Letitia Elizabeth Landon.  Lady Anne Granard: or, Keeping Up Appearances.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  51. Elizabeth Maria Lloyd.  Thirza: or, The Attractive Power of the Cross.  1 vol.  London: B. Wertheim.
  52. Samuel Lover.  Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life.  1 vol.  London: Lover and Groombridge.
  53. Edward Bulwer Lytton.  Zanoni.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  54. Daniel MacCarthy.  Massaniello: An Historical Romance.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  55. Frederick Marryat.  Percival Keene.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  56. William Hamilton Maxwell.  Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune.  1 vol.  Dublin: William Curry.
  57. Thomas Medwin.  Lady Singleton: or, The World as It Is.  3 vol.  London: Hugh Cunningham.
  58. Major Michel.  Trevor Hastinges: or, The Battle of Tewkesbury.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  59. Nicholas Michell.  The Traduced: An Historical Romance.  3 vol.  London: T. and W. Boone.
  60. Henry Downes Miles.  Will Watch: A Tale of the Coast. The Narrative Founded on Fact.  1 vol.  London: W. M. Clark.
  61. Thomas Miller.  Godfrey Malvern: or, The Life of an Author. Book the First.  1 vol.  London: Thomas Miller.
  62. George Mogridge.  The Old Sea Captain.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S..
  63. Anne Catherine Monkland.  The Nabob at Home: or, The Return to England.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  64. Harriet Elizabeth Mozley.  Louisa: or, The Bride.  1 vol.  London: James Burns.
  65. Georgina C. Munro.  De Montfort: or, The Old English Nobleman.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  66. William Johnstoune Nelson Neale.  The Captain's Wife.  3 vol.  London: T. and W. Boone.
  67. Erskine Neale.  The Bishop's Daughter.  1 vol.  London: W. H. Dalton.
  68. An Old Spinster.  Decided Preference: A Tale Founded upon Facts.  2 vol.  London: Simpkin.
  69. Charles Ollier.  Ferrers: A Romance of the Reign of George the Second.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  70. Francis Edward Paget.  Milford Malvoisin: or, Pews and Pewholders.  1 vol.  London: James Burns.
  71. Julia S. H. Pardoe.  The Hungarian Castle.  3 vol.  London: T. and W. Boone.
  72. Ellen Pickering.  The Expectant: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  73. Ellen Pickering.  Sir Michael Paulet.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  74. William Leman Rede.  The Royal Rake, and the Adventures of Alfred Chesterton.  1 vol.  : [None].
  75. George Sand.  Spiridion.  1 vol.  London: Charles Fox.
  76. Meta Sander.  Dora Melder: A Tale of Alsace.  1 vol.  London: Longman.
  77. Hon. Charles Stuart Savile.  Karah Kaplan: or, The Koordish Chief. A Tale of Persia and Koordistan.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  78. Harriet Maria Smythies.  The Matchmaker: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  79. Elizabeth Stone.  William Langshawe, the Cotton Lord: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Bentley.
  80. Katherine Thomson.  Anne Boleyn: An Historical Romance.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn.
  81. Katherine Thomson.  Widows and Widowers: A Romance of Real Life.  3 vol.  London: Thomas Hodgson.
  82. Elizabeth Thornton.  The Marchioness: A Strange but True Tale.  2 vol.  London: Simpkin.
  83. Frances Milton Trollope.  The Ward of Thorpe-Combe.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  84. Frances Milton Trollope.  The Blue Belles of England.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  85. Ann Fraser Tytler.  Leila in England: A Continuation of "Leila; or, The Island".  1 vol.  London: Hatchard.
  86. Julia Rattray Waddington.  Newstoke Priors: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  87. William Ware.  Julian: or, Scenes in Judea.  1 vol.  London: John Green.
  88. Annie Webb.  A Tale of the Vaudois: Designed for Young Persons.  1 vol.  London: Darton and Clark.
  89. Charles Whitehead.  Richard Savage: A Romance of Real Life.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  90. Margaret Baron Wilson.  Popularity, and Destinies of Woman.  2 vol.  London: Hugh Cunningham.
  91. Elizabeth Youatt.  The Price of Fame: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. and W. Boone.