Name Fiction
Description

A general narrative that pertains to imaginary events. Works in the subcategory of fiction are often derived from the genre designation on the title page, i.e. includes texts that are not novels, romances, stories, or tales.

Titles

Displaying 1376–1400 of 1817

ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
1452 The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw; or Scenes On the Mississippi. By Frances Trollope, Author of “Paris and the Parisians In 1835,” “Domestic Manners of the Americans,” &C. With Fifteen Engravings. In Three Volumes. Trollope , Frances
Richard Bentley (London)
1836
7118 The life and adventures of Mr. Francis Clive. In two volumes. Gibbes , Phebe
James Potts (Dublin)
James Williams [5 Skinner Row] (Dublin)
Elizabeth Watts [m. Lynch in 1768] (Dublin)
Alexander McCulloh [Henry Street] (Dublin)
John Exshaw I [Dame Street] (Dublin)
1764 [Dublin 1]
22085 The life and adventures of the Lady Lucy, the daughter of an Irish lord, who marry'd a German officer, and was by him carry'd into Flanders, where he became jealous of her and a young Nobleman his Kinsman whom he kill'd, and afterwards left her wounded and big with Child in a Forrest. Of The strange Adventures that befel both him and her afterwards, and the wonderful Manner in which they met again, after living Eighteen Years asunder. By Mrs. Aubin. Aubin , Penelope
1746
22336 The life and adventures of the Marchioness Urbino. Containing several remarkable passages in England, Spain, Turkey, Italy, France, and Holland. Noake , Dorothy
Thomas Cooper (London)
1735
22215 The life and amorous adventures of Lucinda, an English lady, her courageous and undaunted behaviour at sea, in an engagement wherein she was taken by a rover of Barbury, and sold a slave at Constantinople. An account of her treatment there, with several particular customs of the Turks. Her unexpected deliverance, with the lcuky meeting of her first love, their return and settlement in their own country, where she at present resides. Written by her self. Intermixed with two diverting novels, the one call'd Conjugal duty rewarded, or, The rake reform'd. The other, Fortune favours the bold, or, The happy milanese. Aubin , Penelope
Elizabeth Bell (Cornhill)
John Darby II (London)
Francis Fayram (London)
John Pemberton (London)
John Hooke (London)
Charles Rivington I (London)
Francis Clay (London)
J. Batley and E. Symon (London)
1722
13953 The Life and Mysterious Transactions of Richard Morris, Esq. Better Known by the Name of Dick Spot, the Conjuror, Particularly in Derbyshire and Shropshire. Written by an Old Acquaintance Who Was a Critical Observer of All His Actions for Near Fifty Years. Including Singular, Whimsical, and Curious Anecdotes of Many Living Characters—Unaccountable and Mysterious Transactions—Lost Property Restored—Life Preserved—Robberies Prevented—Deaths Frequently Foretold, (Particularly That of the Unfortunate King of Sweden, Which He Declared in Print More That Three Months Before It Happened)—And Proving Every Thing Belonging to the History of This Wonderful Man, to Have Been Beyond the Settled Rules by Which Human Actions and Life Are in General Regulated. Ann Lemoine (London)
1799
13954 The Life and Mysterious Transactions of Richard Morris, Esq. Better Known by the Name of Dick Spot, the Conjuror, Particularly in Derbyshire and Shropshire. Written by an Old Acquaintance, who was a critical observer of all his actions for near fifty years. Including singular, whimsical, and curious anecdotes of many living characters—unaccountable and mysterious transactions—lost property restored—life preserved—robberies prevented—deaths frequently foretold, (particularly that of the unfortunate King of Sweden, which he declared in print more than three months before it happened)—and proving every thing belonging to the history of this wonderful man, to have been beyond the settled rules by which human actions and life are in general regulated. Unknown , [Man]
Ann Lemoine (London)
1798
14050 The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman. Sterne , Laurence
George Faulkner I [Parliament Street] (Dublin)
Sarah Cotter (later Stringer) [Skinner Row] (Dublin)
Elizabeth Watts [m. Lynch in 1768] (Dublin)
James Hoey, Junior [Parliament Street] (Dublin)
Samuel Watson [Dame Street] (Dublin)
James Williams [5 Skinner Row] (Dublin)
Josiah Sheppard [Shepherd] [Skinner Row] (Dublin)
1765
14763 The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman. ... Sterne , Laurence
1759
24761 The life and strange and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself. With an account how he was at last as strangely delivered by pirates. Written by himself. Defoe , Daniel
Mary Cooper [The Globe] (London)
1743
26250 The life and surprising adventures, of that renowned hero, Robinson Crusoe who lived twenty-eight years on an uninhabited island, which he afterwards colonised. Defoe , Daniel
1784
13960 The Life and Unparalleled Voyages and Adventures of Ambrose Gwinett, Formerly Well Known to the Public, as the Lame Beggar, Written by Himself. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Chiswell] (London)
1805
14124 The Life and Whimsical Adventures of John Gilpin, Citizen and Linen-Draper. To Which is Added His Journey to Edmonton. Cowper , William
Lemoine , Henry
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Houndsditch] (London)
1805
9212 The Life of a Boy. By the author of The Panorama of Youth. In Two Volumes. Sterndale , Mary
G. and W. B. Whittaker (London)
1821
9039 The Life of a Recluse. In Two Volumes. Gibson , A[nn]
Matthew Hage (Newark on Trent)
1815
9040 The Life of a Recluse. In Two Volumes. Gibson , A[nn]
Minerva Press, A. K. Newman and Co. (London)
1817
22227 The life of Charlotta Du Pont, an English lady; taken from her own memoirs. Giving an account how she was trepan'd by her stepmother to Virginia, how the Ship was taken by some Madagasear Pirates, and retaken by a Spanish Man of War. Of her Marriage in the Spanish West-Indies, and Adventures whilst she resided there, with her return to England. And the History of several Gentlemen and Ladys whom she met withal in her Travels; some of whom had been Slaves in Barbary, and others cast on Shore by Shipwreck on the barbarous Coasts up the great River Oroonoko: with their Escape thence, and safe Return to France and Spain. A History that contains the greatest Variety of Events that ever was publish'd. By Mrs. Aubin. Aubin , Penelope
Arthur Bettesworth (London)
1723
26248 The life of Gypsy Jack, who killed Magog, the giant. Taken from his writings. Unknown ,
1784
2447 The life of Harriot Stuart. Written by herself. In two volumes. Lennox , Charlotte
John Exshaw I [Cork Hill] (Dublin)
1751
2136 The life of Lamenther: A True History. Written by Herself. In Five Parts. Containing a just Account of the many Misfortunes she underwent, occasioned by the ill Treatment of an unnatural Father. Wall , Anne
s.n. [sine nomine]
1771
8083 The life of Mrs. Justman Walker , Mary
John Lewis [Piccadilly] (London)
1782
5694 The life of Mrs. Margaret Leeson alias peg plunket. Written by herself: in which are given anecdotes and sketches of the lives and bon mots of some of the most celebrated characters in Great-Britain and Ireland, particularly of all the filles des joys and men of pleasure and gallantry, who usually frequented her Citherean temple for these thirty years past. Three volumes complete in one. A new edition with considerable additions. Leeson , Margaret
s.n. [sine nomine]
1798 A new edition with considerable additions.
14042 The life of Patty Saunders. Written by herself. Unknown , [Woman]
Elizabeth Watts [m. Lynch in 1768] (Dublin)
Samuel Watson [Dame Street] (Dublin)
1764
13959 The Life, Adventures and Distresses of Charlotte Dupont, and Her Lover Belanger; Who, It is Supposed, Underwent a Greater Variety of Real Misfortunes, and Miraculous Adventures, Than Any Couple That Ever Existed. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
1800
13961 The Life, Surprising Adventures, and Most Remarkable Escapes of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of a Banditti of Robbers. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
1801