William Harrison Ainsworth bibliography
Works of William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) listed in order of their date of first publication.
You Are Old, Father William
Poem by Lewis Carroll that first appeared in his book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
Mr. Brisher’s Treasure
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1899, a morality tale of greed and hypocrisy.
The Thing in No. 7
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894, about the thing that one of a group of friends encounters after taking shelter in an empty house.
The Door in the Wall
Short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1906, about a man’s grieving for a magical garden he had found as a child, and desperately wants to find again.
Gas Light
Gas Light is a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton which has given rise to the term “gaslighting”, in which a victim is presented with false information making them doubt their own memory and perception.
Quatermass and the Pit
British television science-fiction serial from the BBC, broadcast in 1958/1959.
Sweeney Todd
Fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the Victorian penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–1847).
The Magic Shop
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1903, about a young boy and his father’s visit to a shop selling disturbingly realistic magical illusions.
Varney the Vampire
Main character in a series of penny dreadfuls produced from 1845 until 1847. The stories introduced many of the ideas represented in modern vampire stories, such as Varley’s fangs leaving two puncture wounds on the necks of his victims.