VICTORIAN POPULAR NOVELS

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NEWLY ADDED......
ARTICLES FROM THE GIRL'S REALM -
A CHAT WITH ELLEN THORNEYCROFT FOWLER PLUS
THE LATE EDNA LYALL PLUS
A HUMOROUS PIECE ON ELDER SISTERS BY G B STUART
RECENTLY ADDED AN ANONYMOUS STORY...
ROSALINE ELLERTON; OR, THE FRUITS OF INDOLENCE
LATEST AUTHOR...DINAH MULOCK CRAIK AND
"A DREADFUL GHOST"
ADVANCE NOTICE...
NEXT FEATURED AUTHOR WILL BE...
ANNE BEALE...

I have a long held passion for popular Victorian novels and my aim is to bring to light some of the more forgotten writers of the period and allow their writing to speak for itself! My first experience of this "lost" literature came with the discovery of two books shut away in our dusty loft when I was a teenager, Only the Governess by Rosa N Carey and We Two by Edna Lyall, two of the best introductions into the world of Victorian fiction.

Over time I will add more authors with some of their short stories, as well as anonymous stories that I find in periodicals of the period.

Please e-mail me with any comments

AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS Mrs George Linnaeus Banks About Mrs George Linnaeus Banks Read The White Woman of Slaith Read a comment on Mother Shipton and her Prophecies Sir Walter Besant About Sir Walter Besant Read The Shrinking Shoe Read The South London of To-Day Rosa Nouchette Carey About Rosa Nouchette Carey Read Lilian's Fellow Traveller Read An Essay about Hercules (Edward) Dutton Cook About (Edward) Dutton Cook Read Patty - a story in ten chapters Read an essay entitled, The Pupil of Sir Thomas Lawrence Dinah Mulock Craik About Dinah Craik Read A Dreadful Ghost Sarah Doudney About Sarah Doudney Read Where Swallows Build Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler About Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler Read Wanted, A Wife Read How I Began - A Chat with Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler NEW! "Edna Lyall" - Ada Ellen Bayly About Edna Lyall Read Autobiography of a Slander Read How I Became a Novelist Read The Late Edna Lyall by Alice Corkran NEW! Isabella Fyvie Mayo About Isabella Fyvie Mayo Read The Mystery of Dr Hardy's Marriage Read an essay about Christina Rossetti William Edward Norris About William Edward Norris Read Her Ladyship's Veil

ANONYMOUS LITERATURE A vast amount of Victorian periodical fiction was published anonymously. I am intending to bring to light on these pages some of that anonymous fiction.If anybody reading this knows who wrote any of these stories I would be grateful to hear from you. I would like to read: "Rosaline Ellerton; or, The Fruits of Indolence", NEW! from the Family Herald, Vol XV, 1857 "I Promised Father" - a True Story of a Village Girl, from Girl's Own Paper, Vol II, 1880 My Wicked Ancestress, a story of a ghostly apparition and a second start in life from The Argosy, Vol XLIV, 1887 That Man and I, a story of crime, madness and retribution from Cassell's Saturday Journal, 1890 Lady Charmeigh's Diamonds, the tale of a safe, a marriage, and a woman's wit from London Society, 1879 Mistress Molly's Moonstone, a tale of highwaymen and a cruel guardian from Family Herald, 1897 Stapleford Grange, a murder/crime story from All The Year Round, 1865 The Change of Heads, a humorous tale from Once a Week, 1862 A Lodging for the Night: a Story of Francis Villon, a tale of medieval Paris roguery from Temple Bar, 1877 (published anonymously but written by RL Stevenson) AUTHORS UNKNOWN TO HISTORY There are a multitude of nineteenth century authors about whom little or nothing is known. This page is dedicated to them. If you can provide me with any further information on any of these authors please e-mail me. Mary E Hullah About Mary E Hullah Read The Squire's Daughter GB Stuart(Grace B Stuart) About GB Stuart Read A Late Spring Read The Elder Sister NEW! CEC Weigall (Constance Weigall) About CEC Weigall Read "Mad" Mrs Holloway Read Down to the Sea in Ships - on sea travel If there is a detestable thing it is an unused book kept to look ornamental on a shelf - EDNA LYALL It is with feelings of deep commiseration we regard those unfortunate beings who lived in the days when there were no novels! - THE ARGOSY 28, 1879

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