- Charles Dickens, [comprehensive biography and critical analysis], cedited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
- George Eliot, Rosemary Ashton
- Dickens, a biography, Fred Kaplan
- The invisible woman, the story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, Claire Tomalin. --
- Charles Dickens in love, Robert Garnett
- Jane Austen at home, a biography, Lucy Worsley
- The Penguin companion to Trollope, Richard Mullen with James Munson
- Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
- Jane Austen, a life revealed, Catherine Reef
- George Eliot (Marian Evans), a literary life, Kerry McSweeney. --
- Charlotte Bronte, a passionate life, Lyndall Gordon. --
- Dickens, by Peter Ackroyd. --
- The turning point, 1851-=a year that changed Charles Dickens and the world, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
- The victorian and the romantic, a memoir, a love story, and a friendship across time, Nell Stevens
- Charles Dickens, a Penguin life, Jane Smiley
- Charles Dickens's A tale of two cities, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
- Eternal boy, the life of Kenneth Grahame, Matthew Dennison
- A memoir of Jane Austen, and other family recollections, J.E. Austen-Leigh ; edited with an introduction and notes by Kathryn Sutherland
- Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
- Best of times, the story of Charles Dickens, Peggy Caravantes
- Jane Austen, [comprehensive biography and critical analysis], edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
- The Brontes at Haworth, Ann Dinsdale ; photographs by Simon Warner
- In search of Anne Brontë, Nick Holland
- A walk with Jane Austen, a journey into adventure, love & faith, Lori Smith
- Jane Austen, obstinate heart, a biography, by Valerie Grosvenor Myer
- Charlotte Brontë, a fiery heart, Claire Harman
- Trollope, a biography, N. John Hall. --
- Charles Dickens, comprehensive research and study guide, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
- Charles Dickens, Jane Smiley
- Mary Shelley, Miranda Seymour
- Charles Dickens in love, Robert Garnett
- Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
- The true history of the first Mrs. Meredith, and other lesser lives, Diane Johnson ; introduction by Vivian Gornick
- The real Jane Austen, a life in small things, Paula Byrne
- George Eliot, the last Victorian, Kathryn Hughes
- England's Jane: the story of Jane Austen, Juliane Locke
- Something in the blood, the untold story of Bram Stoker, the man who wrote Dracula, David J. Skal
- Wilkie Collins, Peter Ackroyd
- The monsters, Mary Shelley & the curse of Frankenstein, Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
- Jane Austen, obstinate heart, a biography, by Valerie Grosvenor Myer
- Jane Austen, her life, Park Honan. --
- Charles Dickens, the making of a literary giant, Christopher Hibbert ; [foreword by John Sutherland]
- The invisible woman, the story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, Claire Tomalin
- Wuthering Heights, the writing in the margin, Maggie Berg
- Rudyard Kipling, something of myself and other autobiographical writings, edited by Thomas Pinney. --
- Jane Austen, a life, Claire Tomalin
- George Eliot in love, Brenda Maddox
- Jane's fame, how Jane Austen conquered the world, Claire Harman
- Charles Dickens, Jane Smiley
- The doctor and the detective, a biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Martin Booth