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Fiction - Novel Genre
Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:
What Katy Did (1872)
Author(s):
Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Addie Ledyard
Frank Mildmay, or, The Naval Officer (1873)
One of the first novels of the British navy. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
What Katy Did at School (1873)
Katy goes East to boarding school. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Addie Ledyard
The Children of the Parsonage (1874)
A rather depressing chronicle of domestic disasters and early death.
Author(s):
Henry Courtney Selous
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day (1874)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Charles Dudley Warner
Illustrator(s):
Augustus Hoppin
Alice Barber Stephens
True W. Williams
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Herman: or The Little Preacher (1874)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Prentiss
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Great Expectations (1875)
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
Old Christmas: Selections from the Sketch Book (1875)
Author(s):
Washington Irving
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Seven Birthdays (1875)
Author(s):
Kathleen Knox
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
True W. Williams
“Carrots”: Just a Little Boy (1876)
The story of a family of children, and especially Carrots and Floss. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Bracebridge Hall: Selections from the Sketch Book (1877)
Author(s):
Washington Irving
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar (1877)
Unusual for Verne this is a straightforward adventure novel. Unfortunately it is, at least in the English translation, very poorly written.
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
Jules-Descartes Férat
Grandmother Dear (1878)
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
Topo: A Tale About English Children in Italy (1878)
Author(s):
G. E. Brunefille
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
The Heir of Redclyffe (1879)
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
The Story of a Cat (1879)
The story of a kind old lady and her favorite cat. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Émile de La Bédollière
Illustrator(s):
Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins
The Tapestry Room (1879)
Two cousins go on magical journeys by way of the Tapestry Room. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Christmas Child (1880)
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Purse of Gold (1880)
The cover is a variant with a different pasted-on picture than in Schuster and Engen.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway