A Database of Cheap Literature, 1837-1860

Statistics

Coverage

Currently, the database contains 1073 work entries (in 584 editions and 372 periodical serializations), 66 publisher entries, and 386 author entries. It references 338 libraries in which these works can be found.

Most Expansive Libraries
Most Prolific Publishers - Identified Penny Authors
Longest Running Editions
Most Adapted - Translated - Reprinted Creators
Most Remediated Periodicals

Most Expansive Libraries

  1. British Library, 703 volumes (17%).
  2. Bodleian Libraries, 553 volumes (13%).
  3. UCLA Library, 214 volumes (5%).
  4. Yale University Library, 158 volumes (3%).
  5. Harvard Libraries, 89 volumes (2%).

Most Prolific Publishers

  1. Edward Lloyd, 191 editions (32%).
  2. George Peirce, 44 editions (7%).
  3. George Purkess, 42 editions (7%).
  4. Henry Lea, 42 editions (7%).
  5. John Thomas Dicks, 33 editions (5%).

Most Prolific Identified Penny Authors

  1. Thomas Peckett Prest, 78 works (7%).
  2. James Malcolm Rymer, 61 works (5%).
  3. George William MacArthur Reynolds, 34 works (3%).
  4. Pierce Egan, 12 works (1%).
  5. Thomas Frost, 9 works (0%).

Longest Running Editions

  1. Gentleman Jack by James Malcolm Rymer, 205 numbers (nearly 4 years).
  2. Claude Duval by James Malcolm Rymer, 202 numbers (nearly 4 years).
  3. Paul Clifford by James Malcolm Rymer, 162 numbers (more than 3 years).
  4. Mazeppa by James Malcolm Rymer, 110 numbers (more than 2 years).
  5. The Sepoy's Daughter:, 109 numbers (more than 2 years).

Most Adapted Creators

  1. Charles Dickens, 16 works adapting 10 titles.
  2. William Harrison Ainsworth, 7 works adapting 5 titles.
  3. George Gordon Noel Byron, 5 works adapting 3 titles.
  4. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 5 works adapting as many titles.
  5. Walter Scott, 4 works adapting 8 titles.

Most Translated Authors

  1. Eugène Sue, 30 works translating 27 titles.
  2. Alexandre Dumas, 27 works translating 25 titles.
  3. Paul de Kock, 7 works translating 9 titles.
  4. Frédéric Soulié, 7 works translating 10 titles.
  5. Victor Hugo, 5 works translating 10 titles.

Most Reprinted Authors

  1. Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, 10 works reprinting 12 titles.
  2. James Fenimore Cooper, 10 works reprinting 11 titles.
  3. Hannah Maria Jones, 10 works reprinting 11 titles.
  4. Joseph Holt Ingraham, 8 works reprinting 9 titles.
  5. William Gilmore Simms, 7 works reprinting as many titles.

Most Remediated Periodicals

  1. Reynolds's Miscellany, 58 serials re-edited.
  2. The Family Herald, 51 serials re-edited.
  3. London Journal, 50 serials re-edited.
  4. Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper, 17 serials re-edited.
  5. Parley's Penny Library, 17 serials re-edited.