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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: James Payn

Author: James Payn (1830–1898)

Biography: Novelist and editor. See entry in DNB or Sutherland.

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References: DNB; Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

  1. Stories and Sketches.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1857.
  2. The Foster Brothers: Being a History of the School and College Life of Two Young Men.  1 vol.  London: Arthur Hall, 1859.
  3. The Bateman Household.  1 vol.  London: Arthur Hall, 1860.
  4. Richard Arbour: or, The Family Scapegrace.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1861.
  5. Lost Sir Massingberd: A Romance.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1864.
  6. Married Beneath Him.  3 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1865.
  7. People, Places, and Things.  1 vol.  London: S. O. Beeton, 1865.
  8. The Clyffards of Clyffe.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866.
  9. Mirk Abbey.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866.
  10. Lights and Shadows of London Life.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867.
  11. Bentinck's Tutor, One of the Family: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1868.
  12. Blondel Parva.  2 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1868.
  13. Carlyon's Year.  2 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1868.
  14. A County Family: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869.
  15. A Perfect Treasure: An Incident in the Early Life of Marmaduke Drake, Esq.  1 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869.
  16. Found Dead.  1 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869.
  17. Gwendoline's Harvest: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1870.
  18. Like Father, Like Son: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1871.
  19. Not Wooed, but Won: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1871.
  20. A Marine Residence, and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1871.
  21. A Woman's Vengeance: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1872.
  22. Cecil's Tryst: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
  23. Murphy's Master, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873.
  24. At Her Mercy: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1874.
  25. The Best of Husbands.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1874.
  26. Walter's Word: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1875.
  27. Fallen Fortunes: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876.
  28. Halves: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876.
  29. What He Cost Her: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1877.
  30. Less Black Than We're Painted.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1878.
  31. By Proxy.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1878.
  32. Under One Roof: An Episode in a Family History.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1879.
  33. High Spirits, Being Certain Stories Written in Them.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1879.
  34. Two Hundred Pounds Reward and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1879.
  35. A Confidential Agent.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1880.
  36. From Exile.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1881.
  37. A Grape from a Thorn: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1881.
  38. For Cash Only: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.
  39. Kit: A Memory.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1883.
  40. Thicker Than Water.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1883.
  41. The Canon's Ward.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1884.
  42. The Talk of the Town.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1885.
  43. The Luck of the Darrells: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1885.
  44. The Heir of the Ages.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1886.
  45. Glow-Worm Tales.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1887.
  46. The Mystery of Mirbridge.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1888.
  47. A Prince of the Blood: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1888.
  48. The Eavesdropper: An Unparalleled Experience.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1888.
  49. The Burnt Million.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1890.
  50. The Word and the Will: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1890.
  51. Sunny Stories, and Some Shady Ones.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1891.
  52. A Modern Dick Whittington: or, A Patron of Letters.  2 vol.  London: Cassell, 1892.
  53. A Stumble on the Threshold.  2 vol.  London: Horace Cox, 1892.
  54. A Trying Patient.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1893.
  55. In Market Overt.  1 vol.  London: Horace Cox, 1895.
  56. The Disappearance of George Driffell.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1896.
  57. Another's Burden.  1 vol.  London: Downey, 1897.