This is a list of works by the English historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882).
Novels
Title | First publication | Publication Type | Online text |
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Sir John Chiverton | London: Ebers, 1826 | (Written in collaboration with J. P. Aston) | |
Rookwood | London: Bentley, 1834 | Three volumes | Gutenberg |
Crichton | London: Bentley, 1837 | Three volumes | 1898 edition at the Internet Archive |
Jack Sheppard | London: Bentley, 1839 | Three volumes | Gutenberg |
The Tower of London | London: Bentley, 1840 | ||
Guy Fawkes | London: Bentley, 1841 | Three volumes | Gutenberg |
Old Saint Paul's | London: Cunningham, 1841 | Three volumes | Gutenberg |
The Miser's Daughter | 1842 | ||
Windsor Castle. An historical romance | 1843 | Gutenberg | |
St James's | 1844 | 1865 edition at the Internet Archive | |
James the Second | London: Colburn, 1848 | Three volumes | 1865 edition at the Internet Archive |
The Lancashire Witches | London: Colburn, 1849 | Gutenberg | |
Auriol | London: Chapman & Hall, 1850 | 1865 edition at the Internet Archive | |
The Flitch of Bacon (see also Flitch (bacon)) | 1854 | ||
The Star-Chamber | 1854 | Two volumes | Volume 1 ,Gutenberg Volume 2 ,Gutenberg |
The Spendthrift | London: Routledge, 1857. Set in the 18th century | ||
The Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe | 1858 | ||
Ovingdean Grange | London: Routledge, 1860 | ||
The Constable of the Tower | London: Chapman & Hall, 1861 | Three volumes | 1880 edition at the Internet Archive |
The Lord Mayor of London | London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. Set in the reign of George III of the United Kingdom | Three volumes | 1880 edition at the Internet Archive |
Cardinal Pole; or, The Days of Philip & Mary | London: Chapman & Hall, 1863 | Three volumes | 1865 edition at the Internet Archive 1876 edition at the Internet Archive |
The Projector | London: Chapman & Hall, 1864 | Three volumes | 1867 edition at the Internet Archive |
The Spanish Match | London: Chapman & Hall, 1865 | Three volumes | 1883 edition at the Internet Archive |
The Constable de Bourbon | London: Chapman & Hall, 1866 | Three volumes | 1878 edition at the Internet Archive |
Old Court | 1867 | ||
Myddleton Pomfret | 1868 | 1878 edition at the Internet Archive | |
Hilary St Ives | 1870 | ||
Talbot Harland | London: John Dicks, 1870 | ||
The South-Sea Bubble | London: John Dicks, 1871 | ||
Tower Hill | London: John Dicks, 1871 | ||
Boscobel: or, The Royal Oak. A tale of the year 1651 | 1871 | Gutenberg 1875 edition at the Internet Archive | |
The Good Old Times | 1873 | (reissued as The Manchester Rebels London: Tinsley, 1874) | |
Merry England: or, Nobles and Serfs | London: Tinsley, 1874 | Three volumes | |
The Goldsmith's Wife | London: Tinsley, 1875 | Three volumes | |
Preston Fight: or, The Insurrection of 1715 | 1875 | 1877 edition at the Internet Archive | |
Chetwynd Calverley | London: Tinsley, 1876 | Three volumes | 1877 edition at the Internet Archive |
The Leaguer of Lathom | London: Tinsley, 1876 | Three volumes | 1878 edition at the Internet Archive |
The Fall of Somerset | London: Tinsley, 1877 | Three volumes | |
Beatrice Tyldesley | London: Tinsley, 1878, set in the reign of James II of England | Three volumes | |
Beau Nash | London: Routledge, 1879 | Three volumes | |
Stanley Brereton | 1881 | ||
Sources: A Dictionary of Writers and their Works; Sadleir's XIX Century Fiction[1][2][3] |
Other works
- December Tales. London: G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1823
- The Combat of the Thirty: From a Breton lay of the fourteenth century; with an introduction, comprising a new chapter of Froissart. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859
References
Citations
- ↑ Cox, Michael, ed. (2001), "Ainsworth, William Harrison", A Dictionary of Writers and their Works, Oxford University Press, retrieved 2 March 2009
- ↑ Sadleir, Michael (1951) XIX Century Fiction: a bibliographical record based on his own collection. 2 vols. London: Constable
- ↑ Jarndyce Booksellers' catalogue XIX Century Fiction. Part 1: A–K (Bloomsbury, London, 2019).
Bibliography
- Carver, Stephen James (2003) "Ainsworth, William Harrison" in: The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth 1805–1882. Edwin Mellen Press
- Ellis, S. M. (1911) William Harrison Ainsworth and his Friends. 2 vols. John Lane. ("Bibliography of the works of William Harrison Ainsworth": v. 2, p. 345-383)
- Locke, Harold (1925) A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Published Novels and Ballads of William Harrison Ainsworth. Elkin Mathews
External links
- Online works by Ainsworth, at the Online Books site: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Ainsworth%2c%20William%20Harrison%2c%201805%2d1882&c=x
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