An Enhanced Catalogue of the Nineteenth-Century Novels Collection
The goal of this project is to produce a complete enhanced catalogue of the 1441 titles in
the Robinson Special Collections Library’s Nineteenth-Century Novels Collection. The
catalogue entries are to be enhanced through the addition of setting, genre, and subject
keywords that have been devised according to the established protocols of the American
Library Association and the Library of Congress. In some instances, new keywords have
been introduced where it has been thought that they reflect the particular nature of the
materials in the collection and are germane to Victorian literature. Another feature of the
enhanced catalogue are descriptors (located in a note section) that provide details of plot or
a sense of the critical reception of the novel in the period. This information has been
resourced from John Sutherland’s Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction, through reviews
and notices from the newspapers and magazines of the period (accessed through the Gale
NewsVault database), and through other secondary scholarly sources (All of the sources
used are included in this document’s bibliography).
The first stage of the project (conducted from June to August 2014) has aimed provide
enhanced cataloguing for the most represented authors in the collection – the 46 who have
six titles or more titles (representing 20.6% of the 223 authors in the collection). These
authors are listed in an author index. The 531 works of these authors constitute 37% of the
total collection of 1441 titles. 43 of the 46 authors who have six titles or more now have
annotated entries. There are 426 annotated entries in this document, representing 29.56%
of the collection titles.
In its representation of the most represented authors, this document provides a strong
sense of the key types of popular Victorian fiction represented in the collection. The indexes
for subject, genre, and setting provide an indication of these topics. Based on the
cataloguing to date, the collection is strong in historical fiction, military fiction, regional
fiction, sea stories, love stories, didactic fiction, regional fiction, and stories of urban life.
Authors:
*first number represents the number of enhanced catalogue entries, the second the number of titles
in the catalogue overall.
A
Hayward, William Stephens (0/6)
Ackworth, John (0/6)
Joseph Hocking (0/6)
Ainsworth, William Harrison (6/6)
Hocking, Silas (21/21)
B
Holmes, Mary Jane (0/6)
Besant, Walter (16/16)
Hope, Anthony (8/10)
Besant, Walter and Rice, James (11/12)
J
Black, William (25/25)
James, G. P. R. (32/36)
Blackmore, R. D. (13/14)
Jerome, Jerome K. (6/6)
Bray, Mrs. (8/9)
K
C
Kingsley, Henry (8/8)
Carey, Rosa Nouchette (8/11)
M
Charles, Elizabeth Rundle (6/7)
MacDonald, George (6/6)
Craik, Dinah (7/9)
Marryat, Frederick (7/7)
Crockett, S. R. (6/6)
Marshall, Emma (16/22)
E
Mathers, Helen (5/7)
Erckmann-Chatrian (5/8)
Merriman, Henry Seton (6/8)
Evans, Augusta (2/6)
Murray, David Christie (9/9)
Everett-Green, Evelyn (13/17)
N
F
Norris, W. E. (5/6)
Fothergill, Jessie (7/7)
O
G
Ouida (10/12)
Grant, James (23/25)
P
Gunter, Archibald Clavering (1/9)
Parker, Gilbert (6/6)
H
Q
Hatton, Joseph (3/6)
Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas (8/8)
R
Whitby, Beatrice (5/7)
Russell, William Clark (16/18)
Whyte-Melville, J. G. (10/13)
S
Winter, John Strange (20/30)
Smart, Hawley (8/10)
Worboise, Emma (6/16)
Swan, Annie S. (3/8)
Y
W
Yonge, Charlotte (12/12)
Walford, Lucy Bethia (10/11)
Z
Weyman, Stanley (13/13)
Zangwill, Israel (9/10)
Genre:
Adventure fiction (6)
Military fiction (31)
Biblical fiction (2)
Non-fiction (3)
Bildungsroman (1)
Pastoral fiction (25)
Comedy (12)
Regional fiction (37)
Didactic fiction (23)
Satire (7)
Domestic melodrama (12)
Sea stories (27)
Essay (3)
Sensation fiction (8)
Fantasy (5)
Short stories (34)
Ghost stories (3)
Speculative fiction (2)
Historical fiction (112)
Sport fiction (6)
Improving fiction (6)
Spy stories (3)
Juvenile fiction (19)
Voyages and travels (10)
Love stories (66)
Setting:
0-1
Canada (15)
5th Century (8)
Canada (Bonaventure) (1)
12th Century (2)
Canada (Halifax) (1)
13th Century (2)
Canada (Nova Scotia) (1)
14th Century (3)
Canada (Pontiac) (1)
15th Century (7)
Carthage (2)
16th Century (21)
Caucasus (1)
17th Century (33)
Corsica (4)
18th Century (24)
Crimea (3)
19th Century (15)
D
22nd Century (1)
Denmark (3)
A
E
Africa (4)
Egypt (4)
America (23)
Egypt (Cairo) (1)
America (California) (2)
England (196)
America (Delaware) (1)
England (Chester-le-Street) (1)
America (New York) (2)
England (Bath) (2)
Australia (13)
England (Black Country) (1)
Australia (New South Wales) (2)
England (Blankhampton) (2)
Austria (2)
England (Brighton) (2)
B
England (Bristol) (2)
Bavaria (Oberammergau) (2)
England (Canterbury) (2)
Belgium (3)
England (Clinkton) (1)
Belgium (Antwerp) (1)
England (Colchester) (1)
C
England (Cornwall) (12)
England (Deptford) (1)
England (Yorkshire) (6)
England (Devon) (13)
F
England (Dunmow) (1)
Forstadt [fictional] (1)
England (Epping Forest) (1)
France (22)
England (Essex) (1)
France (Alsace) (1)
England (Hull) (1)
France (Calais) (1)
England (Kent) (2)
France (Ghent) (1)
England (Lancashire) (1)
France (Normandy) (1)
England (Lincolnshire) (1)
France (Paris) (9)
England (Liverpool) (1)
France (Phalsbourg) (1)
England (London) (74)
G
England (Manchester) (1)
Germany (9)
England (Marlborough) (2)
Germany (Berlin) (2)
England (Northamptonshire) (3)
Greece (Chio) (1)
England (Northumberland) (1)
Greece (Neopalia) (1)
England (Norwich) (1)
H
England (Oxford) (2)
Holland (2)
England (Porchester) (1)
Holland (The Hague) (1)
England (Portsmouth) (1)
I
England (Shrewsbury) (1)
India (13)
England (Sidmouth) (1)
India (Bombay) (1)
England (South Downs) (1)
Isles of Scilly (Samson) (1)
England (Staffordshire) (4)
Israel (13)
England (Stratton) (1)
Italy (7)
England (Sussex) (1)
Italy (Floralia) (1)
England (Taunton) (1)
Italy (Rome) (2)
England (West Country) (1)
Italy (Venice) (1)
J
Scotland (Carrick) (1)
Jersey (4)
Scotland (Dunbar) (1)
Jerusalem (2)
Scotland (Edinburgh) (4)
L
Scotland (Galloway) (5)
Luxembourg (Ardennes) (1)
Scotland (Glamerton) (1)
M
Scotland (Hebrides) (1)
The Moon (1)
Scotland (Highland) (5)
N
Scotland (Isle of Lewis) (1)
Netherlands (Amsterdam) (1)
Scotland (Lochaber) (1)
New Zealand (1)
Scotland (Lochleven) (1)
Northern Ireland (1)
South Africa (3)
P
Spain (4)
Peru (Callao) (1)
Sri Lanka (1)
R
Sudan (1)
Rome (5)
Switzerland (2)
Ruritania [Fictional] (1)
Syria (Damascus) (2)
Russia (4)
T
S
Tunisia (Tunis) (1)
Saudi Arabia (Mecca) (1)
Turkey (Istanbul) (1)
Scotland (33)
Turkey (Symyna) (1)
Scotland (Airlie) (1)
W
Scotland (Argyllshire) (1)
Wales (Glamorgan) (1)
Scotland (Bothwell) (1)
Wales (South) (2)
Subject:
A
Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) (1)
Adoption (13)
Catholicism (15)
Adultery (15)
Charles I of England (1600-1649) (3)
Alcoholism (5)
Charles II of England (1630-1685) (2)
Americans abroad (1)
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500-1558)
(1)
Anglicanism (1)
Anti-Catholicism (1)
Anti-feminism (1)
Anti-Protestantism (2)
Anti-Religion (1)
Aristocracy (92)
Artists (24)
Attila (434-453) (1)
Authors (11)
B
Battle of Stratton (1643) (1)
Beaufort, Henry (1377-1447) (1)
Biblical (5)
Boat travel (Kingston to Oxford) (1)
Boat travel (London to Oberammergau) (1)
Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769-1821) (2)
Browne, Thomas (1605-1682) (1)
Bullying (1)
C
Cannibalism (2)
Charles VII of France (1403-1461) (1)
Chartism (1838-1850) (1)
Child death (6)
Children’s hospitals (1)
Class (12)
Clergymen (31)
Coach travel (London to Edinburgh) (1)
Colonies (17)
Con-artists (9)
Convents (2)
Cornish Methodism (3)
Crichton, William (????-1454) (1)
Cricket (1)
Crime and punishment (31)
The Crimea War (1853-1856) (1)
Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) (1)
D
Day of the Dupes (1630) (1)
Divorce (4)
Dog protagonist (1)
Gender (4)
Douglas, William (1426-1440) (1)
George V of England (1865-1936) (1)
Drug addicts (1)
Ghosts (3)
Drugs (cannabis) (1)
Gonzaga, Eleonora (1630–1686) (1)
Drugs (opium) (1)
Governesses (2)
Dystopia (3)
Great Fire of London (1665) (2)
E
Great Rebellion (1381) (2)
Edward I of England (1239-1307) (1)
Grey, Jane (1536-1554) (1)
The Eighth Crusade (1270) (1)
Gwyn, Nell (1650-1687) (1)
Eighty Years’ War (1568-1648) (1)
Gypsies (7)
Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) (1)
H
Emigration and immigration (36)
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de
Turenne (1611-1675) (1)
English Civil War (1642-1651) (5)
Execution (10)
Execution (fire) (1)
Explorers (2)
F
Fall of Antwerp (1584-1585) (1)
Family life (36)
Female protagonist (61)
Fishing (6)
Forster, Thomas (1683-1738) (1)
Francis I of France (1494-1547) (1)
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) (1)
Frederick V, Elector Palatine (1596-1632) (1)
French Revolution (1789-1799) (7)
G
Henry II of France (1519-1559) (1)
Henry IV of France (1553-1610) (1)
Henry V of England (1386-1422) (7)
Henry VIII of England (1491-1547) (2)
Heritage (1)
Homeless (20)
Horse racing (3)
Humour (37)
Hunting (5)
Hunting (Fox) (3)
Hunting (Wolves) (1)
I
Illiteracy (1)
Indian Rebellion (1857) (1)
Inheritance (32)
Invalidism (2)
Mary of Guise (1538-1542) (1)
Islam (1)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 –1567) (1)
Jacobinism (2)
Methodist (3)
Jacobite Rebellion (1745) (1)
Miners (1)
James I of Scotland (1394-1437) (3)
Monmouth Rebellion (1685) (2)
James II of Scotland (1430-1460) (1)
Motherless families (10)
James V of Scotland (1513-1542) (1)
Musicians (11)
Journalism (3)
Mutiny (17)
Judaism (7)
N
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661) (1)
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) (1)
K
Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805) (1)
Knights (9)
Nuns (2)
Knox, John (1514-1572) (1)
O
L
Legend (2)
Orphans (21)
Leprosy (2)
Lewis de Male (1330-1384) (1)
Louis IX of France (1214-1270) (1)
Louis, Grand Condé (1621-1686) (1)
Love triangle (35)
M
Madness (8)
Magic (4)
Mahdist War (1881-1899) (1)
Manufacturing (5)
Marriage (90)
Mary II of England (1662-1694) (2)
Mary of Burgundy (1457-1482) (2)
P
Paganism (1)
Philanthropy (4)
Pirates (2)
Plague (2)
Poets (3)
Politics (30)
Poverty (56)
Presbyterianism (2)
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820) (1)
Prison (10)
Protestantism (14)
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) (1)
Q
Rural life (Gloucester) (1)
Quiney, Judith (1585-1662) (1)
Rural life (Hebrides) (1)
R
Rural life (Isles of Scilly) (1)
Racism (7)
Rural life (Jerusalem) (1)
Radclyffe, James (1689-1716) (1)
Rural life (Lancashire) (1)
Religion (43)
Rural life (Lincolnshire) (1)
Religious conversion (4)
Rural life (Marlborough) (2)
Revenge (10)
Rural life (New South Wales) (1)
Richard III of England (1452-1485) (1)
Rural life (Oxford) (2)
Romney, George (1734-1802) (1)
Rural life (Porchester) (1)
Royalty (48)
Rural life (Scotland) (3)
Rural life (78)
Rural life (Scottish Highland) (7)
Rural life (America) (1)
Rural life (Scottish Lowland) (1)
Rural life (Antwerp) (1)
Rural life (Shrewsbury) (1)
Rural life (Argyllshire) (1)
Rural life (Staffordshire) (4)
Rural life (Australia) (2)
Rural life (Symyna) (1)
Rural life (Canada) (5)
Rural life (Wales) (2)
Rural life (Canterbury) (1)
Russell, Rachel (1636-1723) (1)
Rural life (Cornwall) (10)
S
Rural life (Corsica) (1)
Sailors (34)
Rural life (Derbyshire) (1)
School (11)
Rural life (Devon) (8)
Science (6)
Rural life (Dunmow) (1)
Scott, James (1649- 1685) (2)
Rural life (Epping Forest) (1)
Secret societies (2)
Rural life (France) (2)
Secularism (1)
Rural life (Galloway) (2)
Self-sacrifice (3)
Rural life (Glamerton) (1)
Sepoy Rebellion (1857-1858) (1)
Shipwrecks (7)
Urban life (Berlin) (1)
Sidney, Philip (1554-1586) (1)
Urban life (Bristol) (1)
Slavery (4)
Urban life (Cairo) (1)
Socialism (4)
Urban life (Chester-le-Street) (1)
Society (51)
Urban life (Glasgow) (2)
Society (Italy) (1)
Urban life (Italy) (1)
Society (London) (25)
Urban life (Liverpool) (1)
Society (Oxford) (1)
Urban life (London) (43)
Society (Paris) (2)
Urban life (New York) (2)
Soldiers (86)
Urban life (Paris) (4)
Soldiers of fortune (8)
Urban life (Rome) (1)
Spies (4)
Urban life (The Hague) (1)
Spinsterhood (2)
Urban life (Venice) (1)
Sport (25)
W
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572) (1)
War (141)
Stewart, Francis (1562-1612) (1)
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) (1)
Storming of the Bastille (1789) (1)
Wren, Christopher (1632-1723) (1)
Stuart, Arabella (1575-1615) (1)
Y
Stuart, Elizabeth (1596- 1662) (1)
Yachting (4)
Stuart, Mary (1542-1587) (1)
Suicide (7)
Supernatural (9)
U
University (5)
Upper Canada Rebellion (1837) (1)
Urban life (68)
Urban life (Amsterdam) (1)
Sources:
Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle
Berrow's Worcester Journal
Birmingham Daily Post
The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk
Standard
The Cape Illustrated Magazine
Caledonian Mercury
The County Gentleman: A Sporting Gazette
and Agricultural Journal
Cape Monthly Magazine
The Dundee Courier & Argus
Daily News
The Economist
Dundee Courier
The English Gentleman
Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial
Advertiser
The Era
Fun
The Essex Standard, West Suffolk Gazette, and
Eastern Counties
Glasgow Herald
The Examiner
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Historical Romance
(https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/cw3/Contrib
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Sheffield. Sheffield Hallum University, 2000.
The Graphic
John Bull
The Leeds Mercury
John Bull and Britannia
The Literary Garland
Liverpool Mercury
The Morning Post
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
The Newcastle Weekly Courant
Manchester Times
The North-Eastern Daily Gazette
Royle, Trevor. The Mainstream Companion to
Scottish Literature. New York: Random House,
2012
The Pall Mall Gazette
Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to
Victorian Fiction. California: Stanford
University Press, 1989.
The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent
The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post
The Star
The Hampshire Advertiser
The Lady's Newspaper
The Royal Cornwall Gazette Falmouth Packet,
Cornish Weekly News, & General Advertiser
The Standard
The Sunday Times
The Times
The York Herald, and General Advertiser
The Yorkshire Herald, and The York Herald