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Books in the British genre:

The Enchanted Doll (1849)

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A wooden doll maker is punished for his laziness and envy of his neighbor, a silversmith. This story was written for the entertainment of Charles Dickens’ children. The image above is from a later edition. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Mark Lemon
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The Ladies’ Companion at Home and Abroad (1849)

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Richard Doyle contributed to this journal in the years 1849 and 1850.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe (1849)

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Humorous drawings and texts explaining Victorian Britain to itself. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Percival Leigh
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales of England (1849)

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One of the first compilations of English nursery rhymes and tales. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): James Orchard Halliwell
Illustrator(s): None

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Punch Volume 16 (1849)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Punch Volume 17 (1849)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
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Punch’s Almanack 1849 (1849)

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Humorous pictures and a calendar. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
John Leech

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David Copperfield (1850)

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This autobiographical novel was considered by its author as his greatest work, and his readers over the last century and a half have agreed with him. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne

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Punch Volume 18 (1850)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Punch Volume 19 (1850)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Punch’s Almanack 1850 (1850)

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Humorous pictures and a calendar. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
John Leech

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Rebecca and Rowena (1850)

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Thackeray imagines what comes after the wedding of Ivanhoe and Rowena.

Author(s): William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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An Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition (1851)

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Sixteen comic drawings of visitors on their way to the Great Exhibition printed as a panorama. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Bleak House (1853)

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Three cousins are the beneficiaries of the Jarndyce estate, but the will is contested and the legal costs eventually eat up the entire value of the assets. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne

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Cranford (1853)

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A collection of short stories about the shabby genteel society of a small English town, modeled on the author’s hometown of Kelmsford. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Gaskell
Illustrator(s): None

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The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson (1854)

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A comic look at three Englishmen on the continent, in pictures with gently humorous captions. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Hard Times for These Times (1854)

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The utilitarian Mr. Gradgrind manages to destroy his children’s happiness. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): None

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The Newcomes (1854)

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A family saga culminating in the admirable Colonel Newcombe and his son Clive. In two volumes: Volume 1: Read online at archive.org Volume 2: Read online at archive.org ... View More

Author(s): William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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A Book of Nonsense (1855)

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This second edition was published in one volume. The illustrations were redrawn on the lithographic stones, and the limericks are now lettered in the now-familiar five-line style.

Author(s): Derry Down Derry
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

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Little Dorrit (1857)

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Her father imprisoned in the Marshalsea Prison for debt, Amy (Little Dorrit) was born there and has grown up there. The novel follows her through numerous turns of fortune from destitute to wealthy and back again. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne

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