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Publicly Available Early American Fiction Collection Texts

So that the UVA Library may continue to build and maintain this important collection of Early American Fiction, the UVA Library granted a license to Chadwyck-Healey/Pro-Quest Information and Learning. Because of the licensing, most of this collection is restricted to use by the UVA Community and to other individuals and institutions by subscription.

This subset of the collection includes over 175 texts tht are freely available to all users as part of the Digital Library at the University of Virginia:

• Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
  • Hospital sketches. (1863)
  • Moods. (1865)
  • Work ; a story of experience. (1873)
• Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
  • Marjorie Daw, and other people. (1873)
  • Prudence Palfrey ; A novel. (1874)
• Austin, Jane G., (Jane Goodwin), 1831-1894.
  • Dora Darling ; the daughter of the regiment. (1865)
• Bennett, Emerson, 1822-1905.
  • The league of the Miami. (1851)
• Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?.
  • The fiend's delight. (1873)
• Billings, Josh, aka Henry Wheeler Shaw, 1818-1885.
  • Josh Billings, hiz sayings. (1866, c1865)
• Bird, Robert Montgomery, 1806-1854.
  • The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow ; A tradition of Pennsylvania. I. (1835)
  • The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow ; A tradition of Pennsylvania. II. (1835)
  • Sheppard Lee. I. (1836)
  • Sheppard Lee. II. (1836)
• Brainard, John G. C., (John Gardiner Calkins), 1796-1828.
  • Letters found in the ruins of Fort Braddock, including an interesting American tale. (1824)
• Briggs, Charles F., (Charles Frederick), 1804-1877.
  • The adventures of Harry Franco ; a tale of the great panic. I. (1839)
  • The adventures of Harry Franco ; a tale of the great panic. II. (1839)
• Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
  • Tales of Glauber-Spa. Vol. 1. (1832)
• Cary, Alice, 1820-1871.
  • Clovernook, or, Recollections of our neighborhood in the West. (1852)
  • Clovernook, or, Recollections of our neighborhood in the West. (1853)
• Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, 1847-1902.
  • A woman in armor. (1875)
• Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880.
  • Hobomok ; a tale of early times. (1824)
  • Philothea ; a romance. (1836)
  • A romance of the republic. (1867)
• Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886.
  • Mohun, or, The last days of Lee and his paladins ; final memoirs of a staff officer serving in Virginia. (1869)
  • Wearing of the gray ; being personal portraits, scenes and adventures of the war. (1867)
• Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.
  • The deerslayer: or, The first war-path ; a tale. Vol.1. (1841)
  • The deerslayer: or, The first war-path ; a tale. Vol.2. (1841)
  • Jack Tier, or, The Florida reef. Vol.1. (1848)
  • Jack Tier, or, The Florida reef. Vol.2. (1848)
  • The last of the Mohicans ; a narrative of 1757. Vol.1. (1826)
  • The last of the Mohicans ; a narrative of 1757. Vol.2. (1826)
  • The pilot ; a tale of the sea. Vol.1. (1823)
  • The pilot ; a tale of the sea. Vol.2. (1823)
  • The pioneers, or The sources of the Susquehanna ; a descriptive tale. Vol.1. (1823)
  • The pioneers, or The sources of the Susquehanna ; a descriptive tale. Vol.2. (1823)
  • The prairie ; a tale. Vol.1. (1827)
  • The prairie ; a tale. Vol.2. (1827)
  • Precaution ; a novel. I. (1820)
  • Precaution ; a novel. II. (1820)
  • The spy ; a tale of the neutral ground. II. (1821)
  • The spy ; a tale of the neutral ground. I. (1821)
  • The water-witch, or, The skimmer of the seas ; a tale. Vol. 1. (1831)
  • The water-witch, or, The skimmer of the seas ; a tale. Vol. 2. (1831)
  • Wyandotté, or, The hutted knoll ; a tale. Vol.1. (1843)
  • Wyandotté, or, The hutted knoll ; a tale. Vol.2. (1843)
• Cozzens, Frederic S., (Frederic Swartwout), 1818-1869.
  • The Sparrowgrass papers, or, Living in the country. (1856)
• Cummins, Maria S., (Maria Susanna), 1827-1866.
  • The lamplighter. (1854)
  • Mabel Vaughan. (1857)
• Curtis, George William, 1824-1892.
  • Prue and I. (1856)
  • Trumps ; a novel. (1861)
• Dawes, Rufus, 1803-1859.
  • Nix's mate ; an historical romance of America. Vol.1. (1839)
  • Nix's mate ; an historical romance of America. Vol.2. (1839)
• Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902.
  • The end of the world ; a love story. [1872]
• Evans, Augusta J., (Augusta Jane), aka Augusta Jane Wilson, 1835-1909.
  • St. Elmo: A Novel. (1867)
• Halpine, Charles G., (Charles Graham), 1829-1868.
  • The life and adventures, songs, services, and speeches of Private Miles O'Reilly [pseud.] (47th regiment, New York volunteers. (1864)
• Harte, Bret, 1836-1902.
  • The luck of Roaring Camp, and other sketches. (1870)
  • Mrs. Skaggs's husbands, and other sketches. (1873)
• Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
  • The Blithedale romance. (1852)
  • The celestial rail-road. (1843)
  • Fanshawe ; a tale. (1828)
  • The gentle boy ; a thrice told tale ; with an original illustration. (1839)
  • Mosses from an old manse. Vol.1. (1846)
  • Mosses from an old manse. Vol.2. (1846)
  • Septimius Felton, or, The elixir of life. (1872)
  • Twice-told tales. (1837)
  • Twice-told tales. Vol. II. (1842)
• Holmes, Mary Jane, 1825-1907.
  • Darkness and daylight ; a novel. (1864)
• Ingraham, J. H., (Joseph Holt), 1809-1860.
  • The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage. (1859)
  • The Prince of the House of David, or, Three years in the Holy City ; being a series of the letters of Adina ... and relating, as by an eye witness, all the scenes and wonderful incidents in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, from his baptism in Jordan to his crucifixion on Calvary. (1855)
• Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
  • A history of New York ; from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty. Vol.1. (1809)
  • A history of New York ; from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty. Vol.2. (1809)
  • Tales of a traveller. Vol.1. (1824)
  • Tales of a traveller. Vol.2. (1824)
  • Tales of a traveller. Vol.3. (1824)
  • Tales of a traveller. Vol.4. (1824)
• James, Henry, 1843-1916.
  • A passionate pilgrim ; and other tales. (1875)
• Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898.
  • Dukesborough tales. (1871)
• Judd, Sylvester, 1813-1853.
  • Margaret ; a tale of the real and the ideal, blight and bloom ; including sketches of a place not before described, called Mons Christ. Vol.1. (1851)
  • Margaret ; a tale of the real and the ideal, blight and bloom ; including sketches of a place not before described, called Mons Christ. Vol.2. (1851)
• Kirkland, Caroline M., (Caroline Matilda), 1801-1864.
  • Forest life. Vol.1. (1842)
  • Forest life. Vol.2. (1842)
  • A new home - who'll follow ; or, Glimpses of western life. (1839)
• Landon, Melville D., (Melville De Lancey), 1839-1910.
  • Eli Perkins (at large ; his sayings and doings. (1875)
• Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881.
  • Tiger-lilies ; a novel. (1867)
• Locke, David Ross, 1833-1888.
  • The Nasby papers ; Letters and sermons containing the views on the topics of the day of Petroleum V. Nasby. (1864)
• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
  • Hyperion ; a romance. Vol.1. (1839)
  • Hyperion ; a romance. Vol.2. (1839)
  • Kavanagh ; a tale. (1849)
  • Outre-mer ; a pilgrimage beyond the sea. No. Vol.1. (1833-34)
  • Outre-mer ; a pilgrimage beyond the sea. No. Vol.2. (1833-34)
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
• Moby-Dick, or, The whale. (1851)
• The piazza tales. (1856)
• Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908.
  • My third book ; a collection of tales. (1859)
• Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
  • Tales of the grotesque and arabesque. Vol.1. (1840)
  • Tales of the grotesque and arabesque. Vol.2. (1840)
• Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880.
  • Fleetwood, or, The stain of birth ; a novel of American life. (1845)
• Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867.
  • The boy of Mount Rhigi. (1848)
  • Clarence, or, A tale of our own times. Vol.1. (1830)
  • Clarence, or, A tale of our own times. Vol.2. (1830)
  • Home. (1835)
  • Hope Leslie, or, Early times in the Massachusetts. Vol.1. (1827)
  • Hope Leslie, or, Early times in the Massachusetts. Vol.2. (1827)
  • The Linwoods; or, "Sixty years since" in America. Vol.1. (1835)
  • The Linwoods; or, "Sixty years since" in America. Vol.2. (1835)
  • Live and let live, or, Domestic service illustrated. (1837)
  • Married or single. Vol.1. (1857)
  • Married or single. Vol.2. (1857)
  • Mary Hollis ; an original tale. (1822)
  • A New England tale, and Miscellanies. (1852)
  • A New-England tale, or, Sketches of New-England character and manners. (1822)
  • The poor rich man, and the rich poor man. (1836)
  • Redwood ; a tale. Vol.1. (1824)
  • Redwood ; a tale. Vol.2. (1824)
  • Redwood ; a tale. Vol.3. (1824)
  • Tales and sketches. (1835)
  • Tales of city life. (1850)
  • The travellers ; a tale, designed for young people. (1825)
• Shillaber, B. P., (Benjamin Penhallow), 1814-1890.
  • Knitting-work ; a web of many textures. (1859)
  • Life and sayings of Mrs. Partington and others of the family. (1854)
• Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870.
  • Beauchampe, or, The Kentucky tragedy ; a tale of passion. Vol.1. (1842)
  • Beauchampe, or, The Kentucky tragedy ; a tale of passion. Vol.2. (1842)
  • Martin Faber ; the story of a criminal. (1833)
  • Richard Hurdis, or, The avenger of blood : a tale of Alabama. Vol.1. (1838)
  • Richard Hurdis, or, The avenger of blood : a tale of Alabama. Vol.2. (1838)
  • The wigwam and the cabin. Vol.1. (1845)
  • The wigwam and the cabin. Vol.2. (1845)
• Smith, Seba, 1792-1868.
  • My thirty years out of the Senate. (1859)
• Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921.
  • New-England legends. (1871)
• Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
  • Agnes of Sorrento. (1862)
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. vol. 1. (1852)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. vol. 2. (1852)
• Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878.
  • John Godfrey's Fortunes; Related by Himself. A Story of American Life. (1864)
• Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878.
  • The Master's House: A Tale of Southern Life. (1854)
• Trowbridge, J. T., (John Townsend), 1827-1916.
  • Coupon Bonds, and Other Stories. (1873)
• Twain, Mark, aka Samuel Clemons, 1835-1910.
  • The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County ; and other sketches. (1867)
  • The gilded age ; a tale of to-day. (1873)
  • The innocents abroad, or, The new Pilgrim's progress ; being some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy land ; with descriptions of countries, nations, incidents and adventures, as they appeared to the author. )
  • Roughing it. (1872)
• Wallace, Lewis.
  • The Fair God; or, The Last of the 'Tzins. A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico. (1873)
• Ward, Artemus, aka Charles Farrar Brown, 1834-1867.
• Artemus Ward ; his travels. (1865)
• Artemus Ward, his book ; with many comic illustrations. (1862)
• Ward, Elizabeth Stuart (Phelps).
  • The Gates Ajar. (1869)
• Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867.
  • Fun-Jottings; or Laughs I Have Taken a Pen to. (1853)
  • Romance of travel ; comprising tales of five lands. (1840)