Nineteenth Century Fiction (NCF)

Welcome to Nineteenth Century Fiction. This database includes the major prose fiction of the Romantic and Victorian periods, as well as many neglected or little-known works, most of them out-of-print or difficult to find. Nineteenth Century Fiction includes 250 complete works of prose fiction from the period 1781-1901, by writers from the British Isles.

• Simple Searches: Single word and phrase searches throughout the entire NCF.
• Proximity Searches: Find the co-occurrence of two or three words or phrases.
• Boolean Searches: Find combinations of two or three words in a given paragraph or verse.
• Word Index: Browse through lists of all unique words in the texts.
• Citation Searches: Identify works by author and title.
• Browse the NCF.
• About the NCF: NCF editorial policy, access restrictions, lists of authors, etc.

Last content update October 16, 2001.