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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)

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Her grandfather having gambled away all his property and suffered a debilitating stroke, Little Nell flees with him to the English heartland. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne
George Cattermole
Daniel Maclise

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The Fortunes of Hector O’Halloran and His Man Mark Anthony O’Toole (1842)

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A novel of the Irish revolt against the English at the turn of the nineteenth century. The first two of the thirteen monthly parts were illustrated by Dick Kitcat (Richard Doyle); the rest by John Leech. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): William Hamilton Maxwell
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
John Leech

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Fraser’s Magazine (1842)

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Richard Doyle contributed to this magazine in the years 1842 to 1844.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
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A Christmas Carol (1843)

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The classic story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge. READ NOW.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): John Leech

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Martin Chuzzlewit (1844)

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Old Martin Chuzzlewit tries to manipulate his relatives by the promise of inheriting his wealth. Read online at archive.org.

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

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The Chimes (1845)

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The goblins ringing the chimes show old Trotty a dystopian future for his family -- he wakes determined to do all he can to avert it. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield

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The Cricket on the Hearth (1846)

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This the the most popular of Dickens’ Christmas books tells a domestic story of the Peerybingle family. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Edwin Landseer
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield

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Oliver Twist (1846)

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Born in a workhouse, Oliver runs away from an abusive mistress to seek his fortune in London where he falls in with a gang of pickpockets. The cover is for the extremely rare parts issue which was published in a single-volume “new, revised and ... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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Dombey and Son (1848)

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Paul Dombey’s wife dies giving birth to their son. The father values little Paul only as his heir and neglects his daughter Florence. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain (1848)

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Professor Redlaw simmers with anger over ancient slights, but discovers forgetting does no good -- he must forgive. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): John Leech
Clarkson Stanfield
F. Stone
John Tenniel

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Vanity Fair (1848)

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A grand novel set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath featuring the heartless adventuress Becky Sharp. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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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
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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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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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Moby Dick or The Whale (1851)

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Moby Dick or The Whale has a good claim to the title of The Great American Novel. Based on the story of the Essex, whaler, destroyed by a whale in the southern Pacific Ocean, Melville draws on his own experiences as a seaman. Read online at Hathitrus... View More

Author(s): Herman Melville
Illustrator(s): None

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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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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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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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The Coral Island (1858)

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Three young men are shipwrecked on a desert island in the south Pacific. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): R. M. Ballantyne
Illustrator(s): R. M. Ballantyne

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