Sensation novelists

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.

English novelist and poet (1840–1928)

American novelist (1832–1888)

British writer (1824-1889)

Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814–1873)

French writer (1832-1873)

Maria Louise Ramé (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), going by the name Marie Louise de la Ramée and known by the pseudonym Ouida ( ), was an English novelist. Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories, children's books and essays. Moderately successful, she lived a life of luxury, entertaining many of the literary figures of the day.

English author (1835-1915)

English novelist, journalist, traveller and egyptologist (1831–1892)

British novelist and dramatist (1814–1884)

French-British cartoonist and author (1834-1896)

English novelist (1825-1900)

Welsh novelist (1840–1920)

English writer, editor (1814-1887)

British novelist (1841–1898)

French novelist (1821–1891)

British writer (1830-1876)

British writer (1814-1879)

French writer (1836–1892)

Irish novelist, editor

British novelist (1836-1884)

British author and actress (1833-1899)

French playwright and writer (1829–1890)

English novelist and editor (1830–1898)

British writer (1840–1909)

British journalist and novelist; (1831-1894)

English novelist (1831–1909)

Victorian England novelist (pseudonym)

English novelist and editor (1838–1918)

British actress and novelist (1859–1925)

English army officer and novelist (1833–1893)

British writer (1801-1872)