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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Character: Disabled

Description: The following novels contain characters who are mentally or physically disabled.

  1. Charles Dickens.  Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1841.
  2. Charles Dickens.  A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.
  3. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.  Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1848.
  4. Wilkie Collins.  The Dead Secret.  2 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.
  5. Anthony Trollope.  Barchester Towers.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1857.
  6. Anonymous.  Maud Summers the Sightless: A Narrative for the Young.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1858.
  7. Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  The Trail of the Serpent: or, Three Times Dead.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1861.
  8. Wilkie Collins.  Poor Miss Finch.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1872.
  9. Elizabeth Youatt.  Kitty Bright, the Flower Girl.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1874.
  10. Thomas Hardy.  The Return of the Native.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1878.
  11. Ellen Wood.  Court Netherleigh: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1881.
  12. Robert Louis Stevenson.  Treasure Island.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1883.
  13. Frederick John Fargus.  Called Back.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1884.
  14. Hall Caine.  The Scapegoat: A Romance.  2 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1891.
  15. Maarten Maartens.  God's Fool: A Koopstad Story.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1892.
  16. Benjamin Leopold Farjeon.  Aaron the Jew.  3 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1894.
  17. Mrs. Alexander.  A Fight with Fate.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1896.