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At the Circulating Library

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Character: Artist

Description: The following novels have characters who are artists.

  1. Anne Brontë.  The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1848.
  2. Dinah Marie Craik.  Olive: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1850.
  3. Charles Reade.  Christie Johnstone: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: Bentley, 1853.
  4. Catherine Frances Cartwright.  Ambrose the Sculptor: An Autobiography of Artist Life.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1854.
  5. Nathaniel Hawthorne.  Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1860.
  6. Julian Strickland.  Abbeys and Attics: or, Sketches of Artist-life.  2 vol.  London: William Freeman, 1861.
  7. Edward Dutton Cook.  Paul Foster's Daughter.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861.
  8. Edward Dutton Cook.  Leo: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1863.
  9. Amelia B. Edwards.  Barbara's History.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1864.
  10. Nina Cole.  Which is the Heroine?: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1870.
  11. Margaret Oliphant.  At his Gates: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
  12. Helen Dickens.  The Mill Wheel: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1874.
  13. Anne Isabella Ritchie.  Miss Angel.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1875.
  14. Joaquin Miller.  The One Fair Woman.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.
  15. Ellen Creathorne Clayton.  Playing for Love: A Story.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876.
  16. Ouida.  Ariadne: The Story of a Dream.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1877.
  17. Elizabeth Owens Blackburne.  The Way Women Love.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1877.
  18. Rhoda Broughton.  Second Thoughts.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1880.
  19. Alfred Ernest Knight.  Arthur Middletint: A Tale of Art in Short Chapters.  2 vol.  London: Newman and Co., 1881.
  20. George Moore.  A Modern Lover.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1883.
  21. C. R. Eaglestone.  A Girl-Artist.  1 vol.  London: London Literary Society, 1885.
  22. F. Anstey.  A Fallen Idol.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1886.
  23. Mary West.  Allegra.  2 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1887.
  24. George Halse.  Graham Aspen, Painter: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1889.
  25. Anne Elliot.  Her Own Counsel: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1889.
  26. James Baker.  By the Western Sea: A Summer Idyll.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1889.
  27. William Sharp.  Children of To-morrow: A Romance.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1889.
  28. Walter Besant.  Armorel of Lyonesse: A Romance of To-Day.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1890.
  29. Frances Eleanor Trollope.  Among Aliens: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Spencer Blackett, 1890.
  30. Rev. Albert Eubule Evans.  A Draught of Lethe: The Romance of an Artist.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1891.
  31. Elsa D'Esterre Keeling.  Orchardscroft: The Story of an Artist.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.
  32. Mary Augusta Ward.  The History of David Grieve.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1892.
  33. George Du Maurier.  Trilby.  3 vol.  London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1894.
  34. Sara Jeanette Duncan.  A Daughter of To-day.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1894.
  35. Emilie Isabel Barrington.  Helen's Ordeal.  1 vol.  London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1894.
  36. Emily Morse Symonds.  A Study in Prejudices.  1 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1895.
  37. Anne Elliot.  Michael Daunt: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1895.
  38. Ménie Muriel Dowie.  Gallia.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1895.
  39. Israel Zangwill.  The Master.  1 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1895.
  40. Edward Frederic Benson.  Limitations: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: A. D. Innes, 1896.
  41. Sarah Grand.  The Beth Book: A Study from the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, Woman of Genius.  1 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1897.
  42. William Francis Barry.  The Two Standards.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898.
  43. Emma Marshall.  The Parson's Daughter: Her Early Recollections, and How Mr. Romney Painted Her. A Story.  1 vol.  London: Seeley, 1899.
  44. Gertrude Dix.  The Image Breakers.  1 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1900.