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A Database of Cheap Literature, 1837-1860

About the Work

Penny Publication

Edition:

The Novelist: a collection of the standard novels.

Vol. 1
London: Foster and Hextall and J.C. Foster, 1839. 31 nos. 494 p.AAS, BL, Bodley, Emory, UCLA, Yale

Contents

J. F. Cooper , Esq. "The Last of the Mohicans. A narrative of 1757"

J. Fenimore Cooper , Esq. "Lionel Lincoln, or the leaguer of Boston"

Miss Sedgwick. "Clarence; or, a tale of our own times"

J. Fennimore (sic) Cooper , Esq. "The Pilot; a tale of the sea"

Victor Hugo. "La Esmeralda, or the Hunchback of Notre Dame"

Vol. 2
London: Foster and Hextall, 1839. 22 nos. 344 p.BL, Bodley, Bodley, Emory, UniBas

Contents

"Camden, a tale of the South"

J. F. Cooper. "The Pioneers, or, the sources of the Susquehanna: a descriptive tale"

"The Dutchman's Fireside, a tale"

Paul de Kock. "Brother James"

Vol. 3
London: Foster and Hextall, 1840. 22 nos.BL, Bodley, Emory, UniBas

Contents

J. Fenimore Cooper. "The Water Witch, or the skimmer of the seas", 102 p.

Francis Glasse. "Ned Clinton, or the commissary: comprising adventures and events during the Peninsular war, with curious and original anecdotes of military and other remarkable characters", 80 p.

Miss Porter. "The Scottish Chiefs: a historical tale", 176 p.

Vol. 4

Three different issues:

London: Foster and Hextall, 1840. 20 nos.BL, Bodley

London: J.C. Foster, 1840.UTL

London: H. Smith.UBC, UCLA

Contents

"Moustache; or, the three students of Paris", 151 p.

"St. Leon: a tale of the sixteenth century", 174 p.

How to Cite

Léger-St-Jean, Marie. Price One Penny: A Database of Cheap Literature, 1837-1860, priceonepenny.info. Last updated 29 December 2021. Accessed 20 April 2024.