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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Walter Besant

Author: Walter Besant (1836–1901)

Alternate Name(s): Sir Walter Besant (after 1895)

Biography: Author and campaigner for authors' rights. See entry in DNB or Sutherland. NB: All of the titles written before 1882 were co-authored by James Rice.

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References: DNB; NCBEL; Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

  1. Ready-Money Mortiboy: A Matter-of-Fact Story.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
  2. My Little Girl.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873.
  3. With Harp and Crown.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1875.
  4. The Golden Butterfly: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876.
  5. This Son of Vulcan: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1876.
  6. The Case of Mr. Lucraft, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1876.
  7. Such a Good Man!: A Tale Written for Christmas.  1 vol.  : [None], 1877.
  8. The Monks of Thelema: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1878.
  9. By Celia's Arbour.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1878.
  10. 'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay, and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1879.
  11. The Seamy Side: A Story.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1880.
  12. The Chaplain of the Fleet: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1881.
  13. The Ten Years' Tenant, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1881.
  14. All Sorts and Conditions of Men: An Impossible Story.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.
  15. The Revolt of Man.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1882.
  16. All in a Garden Fair.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1883.
  17. The Captain's Room.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1883.
  18. Children of Gibeon.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1884.
  19. Dorothy Forster: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1884.
  20. Uncle Jack, etc..  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1885.
  21. The World Went Very Well Then.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1887.
  22. Katharine Regina.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1887.
  23. Herr Paulus: Rise, Greatness, and Fall.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1888.
  24. The Bells of St. Paul's.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1889.
  25. For Faith and Freedom.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1889.
  26. To Call Her Mine, etc..  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1889.
  27. The Inner House.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1889.
  28. The Doubts of Dives.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1889.
  29. Armorel of Lyonesse: A Romance of To-Day.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1890.
  30. The Demoniac.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1890.
  31. The Holy Rose, etc..  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1890.
  32. St. Katherine's by the Tower.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1891.
  33. The Ivory Gate.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1892.
  34. Verbena Camellia Stephanotis, etc..  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1892.
  35. The Rebel Queen.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1893.
  36. Beyond the Dreams of Avarice.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1895.
  37. In Deacon's Orders, etc..  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1895.
  38. The City of Refuge.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1896.
  39. The Master Craftsman.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1896.
  40. A Fountain Sealed.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1897.
  41. The Changeling.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1898.
  42. The Orange Girl.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1899.
  43. The Fourth Generation.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1900.
  44. The Alabaster Box.  1 vol.  London: Thomas Burleigh, 1900.
  45. The Lady of Lynn.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1901.
  46. No Other Way.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1902.
  47. A Five Years' Tryst, and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1902.