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The Scouring of the White Horse (1859)

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A history of the White Horse of The White Horse Vale and of the maintenance of that venerable relic. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

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“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.” Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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The Cornhill Magazine (1861)

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Richard Doyle contributed to this popular literary magazine during 1861 and 1862.

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

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Tom Brown at Oxford (1861)

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Following his graduation from Rugby, and a long vacation, our hero embarks on his collegiate career. The British first edition is in three volumes. Read for free online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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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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Goody Platts and her Two Cats (1864)

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An elderly woman reminisces about her old mother cat and tells stories of her current tom, one of her old cat’s kittens. Read for free online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Miller
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Our Mutual Friend (1865)

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The Australian heir to a junk king’s fortune has disappeared. Read online at archive.org: Volume 1 and Volume 2.... View More

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

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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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Burlesques: Novels by Eminent Hands (1869)

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Includes Jeames’s Diary, Adventures of Major Gahagan, A Legend of the Rhine, The History of the Next French Revolution, Cox’s Diary and Rebecca and Rowena. There were many other editions in the collected works of Thackeray. But Doyle appe... View More

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

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Christmas Books (1869)

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An omnibus containing the five Christmas books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, and The Battle of Life.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Charles Keene
John Leech

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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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Piccadilly (1870)

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A satirical novel of Victorian Britain. Read online at archive.org.

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

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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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At the Back of the North Wind (1871)

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Diamond is visited by the North Wind who takes him on magical journeys. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Arthur Hughes

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The Favorite Holiday Book for Boys (1872)

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An anthology. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
Et al

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Keeper’s Travels in Search of His Master (1872)

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Much animal cruelty is depicted in this story of a stray dog. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Edward Augustus Kendall
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Princess and the Goblin (1872)

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The Princess Irene is being raised at her King Papa’s hunting lodge. When her nurse keeps her out too late one evening, they are rescued from the goblins by Curdy, a miner’s son. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Arthur Hughes

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Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1872)

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Alice returns to Wonderland by way of the looking glass over the mantle and meets many queer people, including the Walrus and the Carpenter. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): John Tenniel

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