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Books in the Families genre:

Great Expectations (1861)

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Young Pip has a patron -- but who? This first edition of Great Expectations was published in three volumes without illustrations. Read online at archive.org: Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 ... View More

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

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The Adventures of a Watch (1864)

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Tells the story of a French family through the observations of a watch. Read online at Google.... View More

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

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Wives and Daughters (1866)

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The story of Molly Gibson, her father, her stepmother and her lover. In two volumes. Read online at Internet Archive: Volume 1 and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Gaskell
Illustrator(s): George du Maurier

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Wives and Daughters (1866)

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The story of Molly Gibson, her father, her stepmother and her lover. This is the first American edition printed in two columns, one volume. The cover image above is from the first English edition in two volumes. Read online at Internet Archive: Volum... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Gaskell
Illustrator(s): George du Maurier

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No Thoroughfare (1867)

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Based on a stage play co-written with Wilkie Collins, this is the story of two orphans given the same name and the search for a missing heir. The title page by Bedford; frontis by Goodman. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Wilkie Collins
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Annie and Jack in London (1869)

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An illustrated tour of London in the 1860’s. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)

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In this unfinished murder mystery, young Edwin Drood disappears shortly after breaking off his engagement. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Charles Allston Collins
S. Luke Fildes

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The Story of a Bad Boy (1870)

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A story of the author’s youth in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The highlights are the snowball battle on Slater’s hill and the celebration of the 4th of July. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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What Katy Did (1872)

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The story of a family growing up in nineteenth century Cleveland, based on the author’s own family. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s): Addie Ledyard

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The Children of the Parsonage (1874)

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A rather depressing chronicle of domestic disasters and early death.

Author(s): Henry Courtney Selous
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Herman: or The Little Preacher (1874)

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A sentimental, improving book. Also includes Little Threads and The Story Lizzie Told. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Prentiss
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Great Expectations (1875)

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This was the first illustrated edition of the story of Pip and his patron. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Marcus Stone

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)

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In the 1840s a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): True W. Williams

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Being a Boy (1878)

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The story of the author’s boyhood in Charlemont, Massachusetts in the 1830’s. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dudley Warner
Illustrator(s): Champ

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Grandmother Dear (1878)

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Three children go to stay with their grandmother in Paris. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Topo: A Tale About English Children in Italy (1878)

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The adventures of three English children living in Italy written by a fifteen year old girl. Read for free online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): G. E. Brunefille
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Heir of Redclyffe (1879)

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A family story of cousins and sisters and brothers.  The scan is of a later edition. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charlotte M. Yonge
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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A Christmas Child (1880)

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The story of a young boy whose life is cut short too soon. It is based on the life of Thomas Grindal Hutton, who died at age thirteen in 1875. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Kate Greenaway’s Birthday Book for Children (1880)

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Poems for each day of the year, with space to write in birthdates of friends and family. Twelve color plates and 370 smaller illustrations. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Lucy Sale-Barker
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Peterkin Papers (1880)

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A collection of nonsense stories about the family of Peterkins who rely on the Lady from Philadelphia to extricate them from their troubles. read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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