William Harrison Ainsworth bibliography
This is a list of works by the English historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882).
Novels[edit]
| Title | First publication | Publication Type | Online text |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Two volumes | |
| Guy Fawkes | London: Bentley, 1841 | Three volumes | Gutenberg |
| Old Saint Paul's | London: Cunningham, 1841 | Three volumes | Gutenberg |
| The Miser's Daughter | London: Cunningham, 1842 | Three volumes | |
| 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 | London: Routledge, 1854 | ||
| The Star-Chamber | London: Routledge, 1854 | Two volumes | Volume 1 ,Gutenberg Volume 2 ,Gutenberg |
| The Spendthrift | London: Routledge, 1857. Set in the 18th century | One Volume | |
| 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 |
| John Law | 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 | London: Chapman & Hall, 1867 | Three Volumes | |
| Myddleton Pomfret | London: Chapman & Hall, 1868 | Three Volumes | 1878 edition at the Internet Archive |
| Hilary St. Ives | London: Chapman & Hall, 1870 | Three Volumes | |
| Talbot Harland | London: John Dicks, 1870 | ||
| The South-Sea Bubble | London: John Dicks, 1871 | ||
| Tower Hill | London: John Dicks, 1871 | ||
| Boscobel | London: Tinsley, 1872 | Three Volumes | Gutenberg 1875 edition at the Internet Archive |
| The Good Old Times | London: Tinsley, 1873 | Three Volumes (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 | London: Tinsley, 1875 | Three Volumes | 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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