The following novels from the Corvey Collection have been selected as “target texts” for preparation for this website by students and colleagues in the Department of English at the University of Nebraska and by interested colleagues at other institutions.
Anonymous and Presently Unattributed
[anon.]. Edward
de Courcy, an Ancient Fragment (1794)
[anon.]. The
Monks and the Robbers: a Tale of the Fifteenth Century (1808)
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward
Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Paul
Clifford (1830)
[anon.]. Henry
of Northumberland, or The Hermit's Cell. A Tale of the Fifteenth Century
(1800)
Stephen Cullen. The Haunted Priory; or, The Fortunes of the House of Rayo: A Romance (1832)
[anon.]. An Angel's
Form and a Devil's Heart: a Novel (1818)
[anon.]. Italian Vengeance
and English Forbearance (1828)
Gore, Catherine
Mrs. Charles Gore. The Bond. A Dramatic
Poem (1824)
[anon.]. Richelieu: or, The Broken
Heart; an Historical Tale (1826)
[anon.]. The Letter de Cachet: a
Tale; and The Reign of Terror: a Tale
(1827)
[anon.]. Romance Readers
and Romance Writers: a Satirical Novel (1810)
Mrs. Green. Who is the Bridegroom?
or, Nuptial Discoveries, a Novel
(1822)
Mrs. Green. Gretna
Green Marriages; or, The Nieces, a Novel (1823)
Miss Gunning. Lord Fitzhenry:
a Novel (1794)
Miss Gunning. The Packet, a Novel
(1794)
Miss Gunning. The Foresters, a
Novel (1796)
Miss Gunning. The
Orphans of Snowdon. a Novel (1797)
Miss Gunning. The Gipsy
Countess, a Novel (1799)
Miss Gunning. Family Stories
(1802)
Miss Gunning. The Farmer's
Boy; a Novel (1802)
Miss Gunning. The War-Office,
a Novel (1803)
[anon.]. The
Wife with Two Husbands, a Tragi-Comedy (drama) (1803)
Mrs. Plunkett [née Gunning]. Dangers
through Life; or, the Victim of Seduction. A Novel (1810)
Mrs. Gunning. Virginius and Virginia;
a Poem, in six Parts from Roman History (1792)
Mrs. Gunning. Anecdotes of the
Delborough Family. A Novel (1792)
Mrs. Gunning. Memoirs
of Mary, a Novel (1793)
Mrs. Gunning. Delves; a Welsh Tale
(1796)
Mrs. Gunning. Fashionable
Involvements (1800)
Mrs. Gunning. The Heir Apparent
(1802) "Revised and Augmented by Her Daughter, Miss [Elizabeth] Gunning"
Harvey, Jane
[anon.] The Castle
of Tynemouth: a Tale (1806)
[anon.]. Brougham Castle
(1816)
[anon.] Any
Thing But What You Expect (1819)
Hatton, Anne. ["Anne
of Swansea"]
"Anne of Swansea." Lovers and Friends; or, Modern Attachments; a Novel (1821)
[anon.]. The Merchant's
Widow and Her Family (1814)
Mrs. Hofland. Decision: a Tale
(1824)
Mrs. Hofland. Moderation: a Tale
(1825)
Mrs. Hofland. Self-Denial: a
Tale (1827)
James Hogg. The Brownie of Bodsbeck; and Other Tales (1818)
Anthony Frederick Holstein. The
Assassin of St. Glenroy (1810)
Anthony Frederick Holstein. Love,
Mystery and Misery (1810)
George P. James. The String of
Pearls (1832)
George P. James. The Gentleman
of the Old School (1839)
George P. James. The Ancient
Regime (1841)
Lathom, Francis
Francis Lathom. The Castle of
Ollada (1795)
Francis Lathom. The Midnight
Bell (1798)
Francis Lathom. Astonishment!!!
A Romance of a Century Ago (1802)
"Gabrielli." The
Mysterious Wife: a Novel (1797)
"Gabrielli." Independence:
a Novel (1802)
"Gabrielli." The Old Wife and
Young Husband: a Novel (1804)
"Gabrielli." Something
Strange: a Novel (1806)
Mrs. Meeke. The Spanish
Campaign; or, The Jew; a Novel (1815)
Miss Minifie. The Union: a Novel (1803)
Henrietta Rouviere Mosse. Arrivals from India: or, Time's a Great Master; a Novel (1812)
Anna Maria Porter. The Lake of
Killarney: a Novel (1804)
Anna Maria Porter. The Hungarian
Brothers (1807; 2nd ed.,1808)
Mrs. M. Robinson. Vancenza; or,
The Dangers of Credulity (1792)
Mary Robinson. The Widow; or, A Picture
of Modern Times (1794)
Mary Robinson. Hubert de Sevrac,
a Romance of the Eighteenth Century (1796)
Mrs. Mary Robinson. Angelina; a Novel,
in Three Volumes (1796)
Mary Robinson. The False Friend;
A Domestic Story (1799)
Mary Elizabeth Robinson. The Shrine of Bertha: a Novel, in a series of Letters (1794)
Regina Marie Roche. The
Maid of the Hamlet: a Tale (1793; 2nd. ed. (1800)
Regina Marie Roche. The Vicar of Lansdowne:
or, Country Quarters (2nd ed.) (1800)
Mrs. Rowson. Reuben and Rachel;
or, Tales of Old Times. a Novel (1799)
Rosalia St. Clair. Ulrica of Saxony: A Romantic Tale of the Fifteenth Century (1828)
Louisa Sidney Stanhope. The
Bandit's Bride; or, The Maid of Saxony. a Romance (1807; 2nd. ed.,
1818)
Louisa Sidney Stanhope. The Crusaders.
An Historical Romance, of the Twelfth Century (1820)
"Bridget Bluemantle." Monte
Video: or, The Officer's Wife and Her Sister. A Novel (1809)
"Bridget Bluemantle." The
Prison-House; or, The World We Live In; a Novel (1814)
[anon.]. A Gossip's Story,
and a Legendary Tale. (1796; 4th ed., 1799)
[anon.]. A Tale of the Times
(1799; 2nd ed., 1799)
[anon.]. The Advantages
of Education: or, The History of Maria Williams; a Tale for Very Young Ladies
(1793; 2nd ed., 1803)
[anon.]. The Loyalists:An Historical
Novel (1812)
— list last updated on
July 6, 2006
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