Note: There are other authors with the same name: William Harrison Ainsworth (in error)
- Author: William Harrison Ainsworth Author Record # 1970
- Legal Name: Ainsworth, William Harrison
- Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
- Birthdate: 4 February 1805
- Deathdate: 3 January 1882
- Language: English
- Webpages: Encyclopedia of Fantasy, Library of Congress, victorianweb.org, Wikipedia-EN
- Used These Alternate Names: W. H. Ainsworth, W. Harrison Ainsworth
- Note: Ainsworth purchased The New Monthly Magazine in 1845 (per Wikipedia). He is the editor named on the title pages of bound volumes (viewed at HathiTrust) from 1845 to 1870, followed by William Francis Ainsworth (his cousin per Wikipedia).
- Author Tags: Internet Archive (1)
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Novels
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Rookwood: A Romance (1834)
only appeared as:
- Variant: Rookwood: A Romance (1834) [as by uncredited]
- Variant: Rookwood (2007)
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Windsor Castle (1843)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Herne the Hunter (Windsor Castle) (1920) [as by W. Harrison Ainsworth]
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The Lancashire Witches (1849)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Lancashire Witches, A Romance of Pendle Forest (2012)
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Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life (1850)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Auriol: Fragment of a Romance (1850)
- Variant: Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life (1865) [as by W. Harrison Ainsworth]
- Variant: The Elixir of Life (1966) [as by W. Harrison Ainsworth]
- Chetwynd Calverley (1876)
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The Test of Affection (1822)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Ghost of My Uncle (unknown) [as by uncredited]
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A Night's Adventure in Rome (1846)
only appeared as:
- Variant: A Night in Rome (2010)
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The Midnight Assembley (excerpt from The Lancashire Witches) (1849)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Midnight Assembley (excerpt) (1971) [as by W. Harrison Ainsworth]
- Translation: La notte della congrega [Italian] (2021) [as by W. H. Ainsworth]
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The Nocturnal Meeting (excerpt from The Lancashire Witches) (1849)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Nocturnal Meeting (excerpt from The Lancashire Witches) (1849) [as by W. H. Ainsworth]
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Translation: Natt-møte?Natt-mote[Norwegian (Bokmal)] (1976) [as by W. Harrison Ainsworth]
- The Elixir of Life (excerpt from Auriol) (1850)
- The Witches of Pendle Hill (excerpt) (1938) [only as by W. H. Ainsworth]
- Windsor Castle (excerpt) (1977) [only as by W. Harrison Ainsworth]