Novels Online
Novels-On-Line is an ongoing project making freely accessible full-text transcripts of some of the rarest works in the Chawton House Library collection. These texts, which explore such broad-ranging themes as satire, slavery, marriage, witchcraft and piracy, signal the rich texture and innovative character of women’s writing in the period 1600 to 1830. In bringing these little-known novels to a wider audience, it is hoped to stimulate interest in these works amongst a new generation of readers and to encourage critical scholarship of some of the more obscure texts and authors represented in the collection.
Please note that the texts are completely unedited and have been copied from the originals as accurately as possible. Even obvious printer errors have been retained.
Anonymous novels
Please note that the texts are completely unedited and have been copied from the originals as accurately as possible. Even obvious printer errors have been retained.
A New Atalantis, for the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty, 1760
Ashton Priory, 1792
The Cautious Lover, 1772
The Cruel Husband; or, Devonshire Tragedy, [180-]
The Death of Grimaldi, or the Fatal Secret, 1818
De Montmorency: a Novel Founded on Recent Fact, 1790
The History of Lord Clayton and Miss Meredith,1771
The History of Miss Sally Johnson; or, the Unfortunate Magdalen, [17-?]
The Imposters Detected, 1760
The Lord of Hardivyle, an Historical Legend of the Fourteenth Century, 1800
The Monk and the Vine-dresser: or, the Emigrants of Bellesme, 1809
The Reward of Virtue; or, the History of Miss Polly Graham, 1769
Prepossession; or, Memoirs of Count Touloussin, 1792
The Suspicious Lovers, 1777
The Village Coquette, 1822
Yamboo; or, the North American Slave, 1812
Novels, Alphabetical
Penelope Aubin, The Life of Charlotta Du Pont, an English Lady, 1723
Penelope Aubin, The Inhuman Stepmother, or the History of Miss Harriot Montague, 1770
Caroline Baker, Drawing-Room Tales. The Stout Gentleman; The Deserter; and The Broken Heart, [1830?]
Anna Maria Bennett, Agnes De-Courci: a Domestic Tale, 1789
Mary Ann Canning, The Offspring of Fancy, 1778
Mrs. Carver, The Old Woman, 1800
Mary Charlton, The Parisian; or, Genunine Anecdotes of Distinguished and Noble Characters, 1794
Harriet Cheney, A Peep at the Pilgrims , 1825
Maria Susanna Cooper, The Wife; or, Caroline Herbert ,1813
Helen Craik, Stella of the North, or the Foundling of the Ship ,1802
Mrs. E.M. Foster, The Corinna of England, and a Heroine in the Shade: a Modern Romance, 1809
Mrs. E.M. Foster, Substance and Shadow; or, the Fisherman’s Daughter of Brighton, 1812
Sarah Green, Romance Readers and Romance Writers: a Satirical Novel, 1810
Jane Harvey, Any Thing But What You Expect ,1819
Jane Harvey, The Castle of Tynemouth. A Tale, 1830
Anne Julia Kemble Hatton, Lovers and Friends; or, Modern Attachments, 1821
Elizabeth Helme, Magdalen; or, the Penitent of Godstow, 1812
Anne Hughes, Caroline; or, the Diversities of Fortune, 1787
Rachel Hunter, The Unexpected Legacy, 1804
Frances Jacson, Isabella. A Novel, 1823
Frances Jacson, Things By Their Right Names, 1812
Mrs. Johnson, Francis, the Philanthropist: an unfashionable tale, 1786
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Verne La Fayette, The Princess of Cleves. An Historical Novel, 1777
Alethea Lewis, Vicissitudes in Genteel Life, 1794
Anna Maria Mackenzie, Monmouth: a Tale, Founded on Historic Facts, 1790
Anna Maria Mackenzie, The Irish Guardian, or, Errors of Eccentricity, 1809
Mrs. Martin, The Enchantress; or, Where Shall I Find Her? A Tale, 1801
Mrs. Mathews, Simple Facts or the History of an Orphan, 1793
Elizabeth Purbeck and Jane Purbeck, Honoria Sommerville, 1789
Catherine Selden, Villasantelle; or the Curious Impediment, 1817
Elizabeth Isabella Spence, The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale, 1813
Elizabeth (Byron) Strutt, Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of Two Nobel Families, 1807
Augusta Amelia Stuart, Cava of Toledo; or, the Gothic Princess, 1812
Jane Taylor, Rachel: a Tale, 1817
Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins, The Victim of Fancy, 1787
Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson, The Child of Mystery, 1808
Harriette Wilson, Paris Lions and London Tigers, 1825
