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William Harrison Ainsworth

Born

in Manchester, Lancashire, England

February 04, 1805

Died

January 03, 1882

Website

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Genre

Historical Fiction

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William Harrison Ainsworth was educated at Manchester Grammar School and later articled to a solicitor, deserting this profession for literature.

Among his best known novels are The Tower of London (1840), Old St. Paul's (1841), Windsor Castle (1843) and The Lancashire Witches (1848). ...more

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Average rating: 3.51 · 1,457 ratings · 244 reviews · 606 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lancashire Witches 3.54 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1854 — 218 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old St. Paul's 3.75 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1840 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack Sheppard 3.60 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1839 — 165 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth, Paul Curran 3.24 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1834 — 166 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 3.64 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1841 — 166 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spectre Bride 3.12 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1822 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Windsor Castle 3.10 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1843 — 237 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tower of London 3.56 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1840 — 203 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Auriol; Or, the Elixir of Life 3.26 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1850 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Admirable Crichton 3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“During this time, Ainsworth met Charles Dickens and introduced the young writer to the publisher Macrone and to George Cruikshank. Ainsworth also introduced Dickens to”
― William Harrison Ainsworth, Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Romance

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“Rookwood garnered wide critical and financial success, and pleased his associates at Fraser's Magazine.”
― William Harrison Ainsworth, Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Romance

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September 2022 Old School Classics

The Tempest by William Shakespeare, 1611, 218 pages

82 votes, 41.4%

The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, 400 BCE, 160 pages

47 votes, 23.7%

The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1851, 204 pages

29 votes, 14.6%

The Masterpiece by Émile Zola, 1886, 464 pages

27 votes, 13.6%

Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1834, 265 pages

7 votes, 3.5%

Esther Waters by George Moore, 1894, 432 pages

6 votes, 3.0%

198 total votes

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