Penguin Pocket Classics Jack Sheppard

Literature & Fiction

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON

Genre Fiction

Penguin Classic

Old St. Paul's (Bestsellers of literature)

Pan.

Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason, an Historical Romance

History

Franklin Classics

Jack Sheppard: A Romance/3 Volumes in 2

Romance

Contemporary

Ams Pr Inc

Rookwood: A Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) who also wrote under the pseudonyms Will Brown and Cheviot Tichburn, was an English historical novelist. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature, his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Amongst his other works are: Poems (1822), December Tales (1823), Jack Sheppard (1839), The Tower of London (1840), Old St. Paul's (1841), Windsor Castle (1843), The Lancashire Witches (1849) and Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life (1865).

Auriol: Or the Elixir of Life (Supernatural and Occult Fiction)

Ayer Co. Pub

The Elixir of Life is a novel by British historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth.  It is slightly unusual in the Ainsworth repertoire as the action is entirely couched as a fantasy, so that the supernatural element (which occurs also, for instance, in his Guy Fawkes and his Windsor Castle) can take comparatively free rein. The story is accordingly a thoroughly gothic romance. It is in effect Ainsworth's contribution to the Faust genre. There is also a distinct connection with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in the kidnapping of girls theme, and in that the story concludes in the atmosphere of the lunatic's confinement (and possible recovery), and the villain of the story is his keeper.

Elixir of Life (Classics)

New English Library Ltd.

The Spanish Match

Wentworth Press

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The Spanish Match: Or, Charles Stuart at Madrid

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