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Statistics


Coverage

Currently, the database contains 5282 title entries, 1781 author entries, and 152 publisher entries.

In addition, the database contains 927 serialized titles (17.6% of all titles).


Most Prolific Authors

  1. Margaret Oliphant, 61 titles.
  2. G. P. R. James, 52 titles.
  3. Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 50 titles.
  4. Florence Marryat, 49 titles.
  5. Annie Thomas, 44 titles.
  6. Frederick William Robinson, 42 titles.
  7. Catherine Gore, 40 titles.
  8. Frances Milton Trollope, 33 titles.
  9. James Payn, 31 titles.
  10. Charlotte Elizabeth Riddell, 31 titles.
  11. William Clark Russell, 31 titles.
  12. Ellen Wood, 30 titles.
  13. William Harrison Ainsworth, 29 titles.
  14. James Grant, 29 titles.
  15. George Manville Fenn, 28 titles.

 

Most Prolific Publishers

  1. Hurst and Blackett, 882 titles.
  2. Bentley, 761 titles.
  3. Tinsley Brothers, 464 titles.
  4. T. C. Newby, 373 titles.
  5. Chapman and Hall, 301 titles.
  6. Henry Colburn, 261 titles.
  7. F. V. White, 203 titles.
  8. Chatto and Windus, 196 titles.
  9. Smith, Elder, 188 titles.
  10. Sampson Low, 185 titles.
  11. Saunders and Otley, 152 titles.
  12. Samuel Tinsley, 151 titles.
  13. Ward and Downey, 122 titles.
  14. Blackwood, 89 titles.
  15. Macmillan, 88 titles.

 

Most Prolific Serial Authors

  1. Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 39 serialized titles.
  2. Margaret Oliphant, 31 serialized titles.
  3. James Payn, 27 serialized titles.
  4. Ellen Wood, 26 serialized titles.
  5. William Harrison Ainsworth, 23 serialized titles.
  6. Walter Besant, 20 serialized titles.
  7. William Clark Russell, 15 serialized titles.
  8. William Black, 14 serialized titles.
  9. Benjamin L. Farjeon, 13 serialized titles.
  10. Wilkie Collins, 13 serialized titles.
  11. J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 12 serialized titles.
  12. Anthony Trollope, 12 serialized titles.
  13. Annie Thomas, 11 serialized titles.
  14. William Edward Norris, 11 serialized titles.
  15. Grant Allen, 10 serialized titles.

 

Most Prolific Journals

  1. All the Year Round, 61 serialized titles.
  2. The Manchester Weekly Times, 56 serialized titles.
  3. Temple Bar, 55 serialized titles.
  4. The Bolton Weekly Journal, 47 serialized titles.
  5. Belgravia, 45 serialized titles.
  6. Good Words, 43 serialized titles.
  7. London Society, 39 serialized titles.
  8. Blackwood's Magazine, 37 serialized titles.
  9. Chambers's Journal, 37 serialized titles.
  10. Tinsley's Magazine, 37 serialized titles.
  11. The Cornhill Magazine, 34 serialized titles.
  12. Argosy, 33 serialized titles.
  13. The Graphic, 29 serialized titles.
  14. New Monthly Magazine, 27 serialized titles.
  15. Bentley's Miscellany, 24 serialized titles.

 
 

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