Biographical and bibliographical Material
- Chronology (1805-1882)
- Biographical Essay and Introduction
- Works, 1822 to 1902
- Jack Sheppard. A Romance — an Introduction
- Rookwood, A Romance (1834, 1836)
- Ovingdean Grange: A Tale of the South Downs (1859-60)
Literary Relations: Sources, Influences, Confluences, Reception and Reputation
- [Review of] William Harrison Ainsworth’s John Law the Projector
- Jack Sheppard. A Romance — an Introduction
- Victorian authors
Cultural Contexts
Social and Political Contexts
- Guy Fawkes (1841) and Victorian theories of social action
- The Unconsummated Marriage and “Uncommitted” Gunpowder Plot in Ainsworth's Guy Fawkes
- Victorian Social and Political History (sitemap)
Illustrations
- Cruikshank's illustrations for Ainsworth's Windsor Castle
- Delamotte's illustrations for Windsor Castle
- Cruikshank's illustrations for Ainsworth's Rookwood
- Cruikshank's illustrations for Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard
- Cruikshank's illustrations for Ainsworth's The Tower of London
- Cruikshank's illustrations for Ainsworth's The Miser's Daughter
- Cruikshank's illustrations for Ainsworth's Guy Fawkes
- Franklin's illustrations for Ainsworth's Old Saint Paul's
- Phiz's illustrations for Ainsworth's Ovingdean Grange
- Phiz's illustrations for Ainsworth's The Spendthrift
- Phiz's illustrations for Ainsworth's Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life
- Phiz: "A Good Hand at a Horse" . . . (1836-64)
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Bibliography
Ainsworth, William Harrison. Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1845, rpt. 1865.
Carver, Stephen. The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1805–1882. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2003.
Ellis, S. M. William Harrison Ainsworth and His Friends. Vol II. London: Garland Publishing, 1979.
Lester, Valerie Browne. Phiz: The Man Who Drew Dickens. London: Chatto and Windus, 2004.
Steig, Michael. Dickens and Phiz. Bloomington & London: Indiana U. P., 1978.
Vanden Bossche, Chris. Reform Acts: Chartism, Social Agency, and the Victorian Novel, 1832-1867. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 2014. [Review by Andrzej Diniejko].
Worth, George J. William Harrison Ainsworth. New York: Twayne, 1972.
Available texts
The Broadview Literary Texts Series: Lady Audley's Secret (2003) and Jack Sheppard (2007) [Review]
Last modified 29 September 2026