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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Setting: South America

Description: The following novels are set in or contain characters from South America.

  1. William Henry Giles Kingston.  Manco, the Peruvian Chief: or, An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas.  1 vol.  London: Grant and Griffith, 1853.
  2. Capt. Mayne Reid.  The Forest Exiles: or, The Perils of a Peruvian Family amid the Wilds of the Amazon.  1 vol.  London: David Bogue, 1855.
  3. R. M. Ballantyne.  Martin Rattler: or, A Boy's Adventures in the Forests of Brazil.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1858.
  4. J. Thomas Warren.  The Oronoco Chief: or, The Fortunes of a Diamond Locket. A Story of Adventure in South America.  1 vol.  London: Beadle and Company, 1865.
  5. William Henry Giles Kingston.  The Pirates' Treasure: A Legend of Panama.  1 vol.  London: Virtue, 1868.
  6. R. M. Ballantyne.  Lost in the Forest: or, Wandering Will's Adventures in South America.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1869.
  7. Franz Dingelstedt.  The Amazon: A Tale .  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1869.
  8. Franz Hoffman.  Paul Arnold: A Tale of Life in Peru.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1870.
  9. William Henry Giles Kingston.  On the Banks of the Amazon: or, A Boy's Journal of his Adventures in the Tropical Wilds of South America.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1872.
  10. Viscount de Figanière.  Palmitos: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1873.
  11. William Henry Giles Kingston.  The Heroic Wife: or, The Wanderers on the Amazon.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1874.
  12. Florence Marryat.  Her Father's Name: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876.
  13. Martin Palma.  Julia Ingrand: A Tale of Catholicism in Peru.  3 vol.  London: Trübner, 1877.
  14. E. C. Fernau.  The Reign of Rosas: or, South American Sketches.  1 vol.  London: Samuel Tinsley, 1877.
  15. Jules Verne.  The Giant Raft: (Part 1.) Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1881.
  16. R. M. Ballantyne.  The Rover of the Andes: A Tale of Adventure in South America.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1885.
  17. Achilles Daunt.  With Pack and Rifle in the Far South-west: Adventures in New Mexico, Arizona and Central America.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1885.
  18. T. E. Martin.  Hermosa: or, In the Valleys of the Andes.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1887.
  19. John Edward Bloundelle Burton.  A Gentleman Adventurer: A Story of Panama, 1698.  1 vol.  London: Andrew Melrose, 1895.
  20. George Alfred Henty.  With Cochrane the Dauntless: A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American Waters.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1897.
  21. George Griffith.  The Virgin of the Sun: A Tale of the Conquest of Peru.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1898.
  22. Albert Lee.  The Inca's Ransom: A Story of the Conquest of Peru.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1898.
  23. Achilles Daunt.  Out on the Llanos: Adventures in the Wilds of Columbia.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1901.