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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Character: Suicide

Description: The following novels have characters who commit suicide.

  1. Henry Cockton.  The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist.  1 vol.  London: Robert Tyas, 1840.
  2. Samuel Warren.  Ten Thousand a-Year.  3 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1841.
  3. Frances Milton Trollope.  Jessie Phillips: A Tale of the Present Day.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1843.
  4. Charlotte Brontë.  Jane Eyre: An Autobiography.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1847.
  5. Harriet Raikes.  The Marriage Contract.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1849.
  6. Charles Dickens.  Bleak House.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853.
  7. Charles Reade.  It is Never too Late to Mend: A Matter of Fact Romance.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1856.
  8. Colburn Mayne.  Madeline Clare: or, The Important Secret.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1856.
  9. Charles Dickens.  Little Dorrit.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.
  10. Sarah Symonds.  Emmeline Latimer: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1857.
  11. James Glass Bertram.  The Story of a Stolen Heir: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1858.
  12. Anthony Trollope.  The Bertrams: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1859.
  13. George Eliel Sargent.  The Marsdens: or, Struggles in Life.  1 vol.  London: Henry James Tresidder, 1860.
  14. Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  The Trail of the Serpent: or, Three Times Dead.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1861.
  15. Albert Julius Mott.  Normanton.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1862.
  16. Julia Cecilia Stretton.  The Ladies of Lovel-Leigh.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1862.
  17. Marian A. F. Young.  Arragon House: or, The Banker's Son.  1 vol.  Dublin: James Duffy, 1862.
  18. BTAO "Stretton of Ringwood Chace".  Honour and Dishonour.  2 vol.  London: Day, 1863.
  19. Herbert Glyn.  Uncle Crotty's Relations.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1863.
  20. Janet Maughan.  Richard Langdon: or, Foreshadowed. A Novel.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: R. Grant and Son, 1863.
  21. James McGrigor Allan.  Nobly False: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1863.
  22. John Saunders.  Martin Pole.  2 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863.
  23. Ellen Wood.  Verner's Pride.  3 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1863.
  24. Anonymous.  The Foe on the Hearth: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1864.
  25. John Saunders.  Guy Waterman: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864.
  26. James Leitch.  The Lawyer's Purpose: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1865.
  27. Anthony Trollope.  The Belton Estate.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1866.
  28. Isabella Neil Harwood.  Carleton Grange: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1866.
  29. George Alfred Lawrence.  Sans Merci: or, Kestrels and Falcons.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1866.
  30. Ouida.  Chandos: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1866.
  31. William Platt.  Angelo Lyons.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1866.
  32. Felicia Mary Frances Skene.  Hidden Depths.  2 vol.  Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1866.
  33. Edmund Hodgson Yates.  Black Sheep: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867.
  34. Anonymous.  Mr. Vernon: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1868.
  35. Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  Run to Earth: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1868.
  36. Wilkie Collins.  The Moonstone: A Romance.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868.
  37. Edmund Hodgson Yates.  The Rock Ahead: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868.
  38. Rowland M. Ford.  Lord Austin's Bride: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: William Freeman, 1869.
  39. George Alfred Lawrence.  Breaking a Butterfly: or, Blanche Ellerslie's Ending.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869.
  40. Anna M. N. Young.  Lady Edith: A Novel.  1 vol.  Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1869.
  41. Christiana Jane Douglas.  Arthur.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1870.
  42. John Edward Jenkins.  Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes.  1 vol.  London: Alexander Strahan, 1871.
  43. Thomas Hardy.  Desperate Remedies: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1871.
  44. J. Sheridan Le Fanu.  Checkmate.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1871.
  45. Frances Eleanor Trollope.  Anne Furness: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1871.
  46. Sir Francis Vincent.  The Carylls: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1871.
  47. Margaret Oliphant.  At his Gates: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
  48. E. S. Maine.  Marchmont of Redlands.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1872.
  49. Hamilton Marshall.  Men were Deceivers Ever: A History.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1872.
  50. James Payn.  Cecil's Tryst: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
  51. Thomas Wright.  Grainger's Thorn: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
  52. J. Sheridan Le Fanu.  Willing to Die.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1873.
  53. Frederick Vernon White.  First and Last: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Samuel Tinsley, 1873.
  54. Leslie White.  Maude's Life Work.  2 vol.  London: C. J. Skeet, 1873.
  55. Robert Philip Williams.  Broken Lives: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: James Blackwood, 1873.
  56. Helen Dickens.  The Mill Wheel: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1874.
  57. Dora Russell.  The Vicar's Governess: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874.
  58. Anthony Trollope.  The Way We Live Now.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1875.
  59. Charles Warren Adams.  Ram Dass.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1875.
  60. William Clark Russell.  A Dark Secret.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1875.
  61. Annie Thomas.  The Maskleynes: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1875.
  62. Edmund Hodgson Yates.  A Silent Witness: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1875.
  63. Richard Doddridge Blackmore.  Cripps the Carrier: A Woodland Tale.  3 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1876.
  64. John Edward Jenkins.  The Devil's Chain.  1 vol.  London: Alexander Strahan, 1876.
  65. Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  Dead Man's Shoes: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1876.
  66. Mark May.  Marks upon the Door: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1876.
  67. William Clark Russell.  Is He the Man?: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876.
  68. Anthony Trollope.  The Prime Minister.  4 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.
  69. John Ollive.  Rothery Selfert, Q.C.: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1877.
  70. John Leith Veitch.  Our Lady of Tears: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1878.
  71. Lady Duffus Hardy.  Madge.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1878.
  72. Joseph A. Loughman.  Who Shall Win?: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: Charing Cross Publishing Co., 1878.
  73. Lillian Spender.  Both in the Wrong.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1878.
  74. Thomas Hardy.  The Return of the Native.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1878.
  75. Alfred Leigh.  Maud Atherton.  2 vol.  London: James Blackwood, 1879.
  76. An Old Maid.  People She Knew.  1 vol.  London: Remington, 1880.
  77. Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  The Story of Barbara: Her Splendid Misery, and her Gilded Cage.  3 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1880.
  78. George Gissing.  Workers in the Dawn: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Remington, 1880.
  79. Ralph Neville.  The Squire's Heir.  2 vol.  London: W. H. Allen, 1881.
  80. Rosa Caroline Praed.  Policy and Passion: A Novel of Australian Life.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1881.
  81. Ellen Wood.  Court Netherleigh: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1881.
  82. Rhoda Broughton.  Belinda: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1883.
  83. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford.  Doris.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1884.
  84. Frank Barrett.  Little Lady Linton: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1884.
  85. Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  Ishmael: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1884.
  86. Henry Harland.  As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1885.
  87. Anonymous.  The Cabman's Daughter: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1885.
  88. Alexander Johnstone Wilson.  The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant.  1 vol.  Manchester: John Dale, 1885.
  89. Sophia Lucy Jane Clifford.  Mrs. Keith's Crime: A Record.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1885.
  90. Charles Gibbon.  Heart's Delight: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1885.
  91. E. Iles.  Nell Fraser: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1885.
  92. Justin McCarthy.  Camiola: A Girl with a Fortune.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1885.
  93. Lillian Spender.  The Recollections of a Country Doctor.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1885.
  94. Richard Dowling.  Tempest-Driven: A Romance.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1886.
  95. BTAO "My Trivial Life and Misfortunes".  Poor Nellie.  3 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1887.
  96. E. M. Davy.  Between Man and Wife: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1887.
  97. Fèlise Lovelace.  In the Change of Years.  1 vol.  London: Vizetelly, 1887.
  98. Grant Allen.  This Mortal Coil: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1888.
  99. Charles Gibbon.  Beyond Compare: A Story.  3 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1888.
  100. Ben Hayward.  All Else of No Avail: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1888.
  101. Frances Mabel Robinson.  The Plan of Campaign: A Story of the Fortune of War.  2 vol.  London: Vizetelly, 1888.
  102. Mona Caird.  The Wing of Azrael: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Trübner, 1889.
  103. Wilhelmina FitzClarence.  Dorinda.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1889.
  104. May Crommelin.  Violet Vyvian, M.F.H..  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1889.
  105. Richard Ashe King.  Passion's Slave.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1889.
  106. Eliza Margaret von Booth.  Sheba: A Study of Girlhood.  3 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1889.
  107. Frances Eleanor Trollope.  Madame Leroux.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1890.
  108. Mrs. Alexander.  Blind Fate.  3 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1890.
  109. H. Rider Haggard.  Beatrice: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1890.
  110. Wilfred Beet Woollam.  All for Naught.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1890.
  111. George Gissing.  New Grub Street: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1891.
  112. John Oliver Hobbes.  Some Emotions and a Moral.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1891.
  113. Cecily Sidgwick.  A Splendid Cousin.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.
  114. Jeannie Lockett.  Judith Grant: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1892.
  115. Mary Augusta Ward.  The History of David Grieve.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1892.
  116. Benjamin Leopold Farjeon.  Aaron the Jew.  3 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1894.
  117. Sara Jeanette Duncan.  A Daughter of To-day.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1894.
  118. Eliza Lynn Linton.  The One Too Many.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1894.
  119. Grant Allen.  The Woman Who Did.  1 vol.  London: John Lane, 1895.
  120. Thomas Mullett Ellis.  Zalma.  1 vol.  London: Tower Publishing Co., 1895.
  121. Mary Augusta Ward.  The Story of Bessie Costrell.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1895.
  122. Thomas Hardy.  Jude the Obscure.  1 vol.  London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1896.
  123. Lucas Malet.  The Carissima: A Modern Grotesque.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1896.
  124. Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock.  The Mystery of Jamaica Terrace.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1896.
  125. Mabel C. Birchenough.  Potsherds.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1898.
  126. Emma Frances Brooke.  The Confession of Stephen Whapshare.  1 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1898.
  127. Mary Cholmondeley.  Red Pottage.  1 vol.  London: Edward Arnold, 1899.
  128. Lillie C. Hosie.  The Robber Troops of Circumstances: A Novel of To-day.  1 vol.  London: H. J. Drane, 1900.
  129. George Douglas Brown.  The House with the Green Shutters.  1 vol.  London: John Macqueen, 1901.