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Sketch of William Harrison Ainsworth

This is a list of works by the English historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882).

Novels

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Title First publication Publication Type Online text
Sir John Chiverton with John Partington Aston London: Ebers, 1826
Rookwood 1834 Gutenberg
Crichton 1837
Jack Sheppard 1839 Gutenberg
The Tower of London 1840
Guy Fawkes 1841
Old St Paul's 1841 Gutenberg
The Miser's Daughter 1842
Modern Chivalry 1843
Windsor Castle 1843 Gutenberg
St James's 1844
James the Second 1844
The Lancashire Witches 1849 Gutenberg
Auriol 1850
The Flitch of Bacon 1854
The Star-Chamber 1854 Two volumes Volume 1 ,Gutenberg
Volume 2 ,Gutenberg
The Spendthrift 1857
The Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe 1858
The Combat of the Thirty 1859
Ovingdean Grange 1860
The Constable of the Tower 1861
The Lord Mayor of London 1862
Cardinal Pole 1863
John Law 1864
The Spanish Match 1865
The Constable de Bourbon 1866
Old Court 1867
Myddleton Pomfret 1868
Hilary St Ives 1870
Talbot Harland 1870
The South-Sea Bubble London: Dicks, 1871
Tower Hill London: Dicks, 1871
Boscobel 1871 Gutenberg
The Good Old Times 1873
Merry England London: Tinsley, 1874 Three volumes
The Goldsmith's Wife London: Tinsley, 1875 Three volumes
Preston Fight 1875
Chetwynd Calverley London: Tinsley, 1876 Three volumes
The Leaguer of Lathom 1876
The Fall of Somerset London: Tinsley, 1877 Three volumes
Beatrice Tyldesley London: Tinsley, 1878 Three volumes
Beau Nash 1879
Stanley Brereton 1881
Source: A Dictionary of Writers and their Works[1]

Short stories

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Title Genre Year Publisher Type
"The Fall of Ohiopyle" 1822 The London Magazine[2]
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Miscellaneous

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Title Genre Year Publisher Type
Poems by Cheviot Ticheburn Poetry collection 1822 London: John Arliss
A book of poems edited by Charles Lam and contains a dedication to him.[2] The work is now lost.[3] The collection was omitted from bibliographical record at the request of the author.[4]
Title Genre Year Publisher Type
Monody on the Death of John Philip Kemble 1823 Manchester: John Leigh
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Title Genre Year Publisher Type
December Tales Prose collection 1823 London: G and B. W. Whitaker
This is a collection of Ainsworth's early short stories and essays.[5]
The collection includes:[6]

Short stories: "Mary Stukeley", "The Falls of Ohiopyle", "The Englisher's Story", "The Test of Affection", "The Wanderings of an Immortal"
Essays: "The Church-Yard", "The Theatre", "Recollections"

Title Genre Year Publisher Type
The Boeotion 1824 Manchester: Thomas Sowler
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Considerations on the best means of affording Immediate Relief 1826 London: John Ebers
The full title of the essay is Considerations on the best means of affording Immediate Relief to the Operative Classes in the Manufacturing Districts.
Title Genre Year Publisher Type
Monody on the Death of John Philip Kemble 1823 Manchester: John Leigh
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Source: The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth 1805-1882[7]

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ Cox 2001
  2. ^ a b Carver 2003 p. 13
  3. ^ Carver 2003 p. 47
  4. ^ Carver 2003 pp. 93–94
  5. ^ Carver 2003 p. 5
  6. ^ Carver 2003 pp. 74–77
  7. ^ Carver 2003 p. 427
Bibliography
  • Carver, Stephen James (2003), "Ainsworth, William Harrison", The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth 1805-188, Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press
  • Cox. Michael, ed. (2001), "Ainsworth, William Harrison", A Dictionary of Writers and their Works (subscription required), Oxford University Press, retrieved 2 March 2009 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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