Florence Marryat

eminent victorian

Works

Florence Marryat was an astonishingly prolific writer, and there is no definitive bibliography of her work. Estimates vary, but it is thought that she wrote around 70 novels. This was in addition to a number of plays, short stories, and works of non-fiction.

The list below covers her major works. The year stated is when the title was first published.

Please do let me know if you have any additions or corrections.  There are a number of other Florence Marryat titles included in various catalogues, but most seem to be different editions of those works listed below.  I shall make my detailed bibliography available on completion of my thesis.

I am indebted to Richard Beaton for correcting a number of errors.

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year title type
1865 Love’s Conflict Novel
1865 Too Good for Him Novel
1865 Woman Against Woman Novel
1866 For Ever and Ever Novel
1867 The Confessions of Gerald Estcourt Novel
1868 Gup – Sketches of Anglo-Indian Life Memoirs
1868 Nelly Brooke – A Homely Story Novel
1869 Veronique Novel
1869 The Girls of Feversham Novel
1870 Petronel Novel
1870 Captain Norton’s Diary and Other Stories Short stories
1871 Her Lord and Master Novel
1871 The Prey of the Gods Novel
1871 Miss Chester Play
1872 Life and Letters of Captain Marryat Biography
1873 Mad Dumaresq Novel
1873 Sybil’s Friend and How She Found Him Children’s story
1874 No Intentions Novel
1875 Fighting the Air Novel
1875 Open! Sesame! Novel
1876 My Own Child Novel
1876 Hidden Chains (3 vols., including The Poison of Asps, A Star and a Heart, and A Lucky Disappointment) Short stories
1876 The Poison of Asps Short stories
1876 Her Father’s Name Novel
1876 A Star and a Heart Short stories
1876 A Lucky Disappointment and Other Stories Short stories
1877 A Harvest of Wild Oats Novel
1877 Four Irrepressibles, or, The Tribe of Benjamin Children’s story
1878 Written in Fire Novel
1878 A Little Stepson Novel
1878 Her World Against a Lie Novel
1879 Out of His Reckoning Novella
1879 A Broken Blossom Novel
1879 The Root of All Evil Novel
1880 The Fair-Haired Alda Novel
1881 With Cupid’s Eye Novel
1881 My Sister the Actress Novel
1882 Phyllida Novel
1882 How They Loved Him Novel
1882 Facing the Footlights Novel
1883 A Moment of Madness and Other Stories Short stories
1883 Peeress and Player Novel
1883 The Ghost of Charlotte Cray and Other Stories Short stories
1884 Under the Lillies and Roses Novel
1884 The Heart of Jane Warner Novel
1884 Old Contrairy and Other Stories Short stories
1885 The Heir Presumptive Novel
1886 The Master Passion Novel
1886 The Spiders of Society Novel
1886 Tom Tiddler’s Ground Memoirs
1886 Miss Harrington’s Husband (reissue of The Spiders of Society) Novel
1887 A Daughter of the Tropics Novel
1887 Driven to Bay Novel
1888 A Crown of Shame Novel
1888 Gentleman and Courtier Novel
1889 Mount Eden Novel
1889 On Circumstantial Evidence Novel
1889 Twenty Novelettes Collaboration
1890 Blindfold Novel
1890 Brave Heart and True Novel
1890 A Scarlet Sin Novel
1891 There is No Death Spiritualism
1891 A Fatal Silence Novel
1891 The Little Marine and the Japanese Lily Children’s story
1891 The Risen Dead Novel
1891 The Lost Diamonds (with Charles Ogilvie) Novella
1892 The Nobler Sex Novel
1892 How Like a Woman Novel
1892 The Fate of Fenella (with 23 other authors) Collaboration
1893 Parson Jones Novel
1893 The Clairvoyance of Bessie Williams Spiritualism
1894 The Hampstead Mystery Novel
1894 The Spirit World Spiritualism
1894 A Bankrupt Heart Novel
1894 The Beautiful Soul Novel
1894 The Dead Man’s Message – An Occult Romance Novella
1894 Seven Xmas Eves Being the Romance of a Social Revolution Collaboration
1895 At Heart a Rake Novel
1896 The Dream that Stayed Novel
1896 The Strange Transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs Novel
1897 A Passing Madness Novel
1897 The Blood of the Vampire Novel
1897 In the Name of Liberty Novel
1898 An Angel of Pity Novel
1898 A Soul on Fire (UK edition of The Dead Man’s Message) Novel
1898 Why Did She Love Him? Novel
1898 The Summer Holiday Collaboration
1899 Iris the Avenger Novel
1899 A Rational Marriage Novel
1899 The Folly of Alison Novel
1907 The Luckiest Girl in Yorkshire and Other Stories Short stories