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)

• Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life (1850)
• Chetwynd Calverley (1876)
• Rookwood: A Romance (1834)
• The Lancashire Witches (1849)
• Windsor Castle (1843)

• The Spectre Bride with Auriol and A Night in Rome (2010)

• A Night's Adventure in Rome (1846)
• The Elixir of Life (excerpt from Auriol) (1850)
• The Midnight Assembley (excerpt from The Lancashire Witches) (1849)
• The Nocturnal Meeting (excerpt from The Lancashire Witches) (1849)
• The Test of Affection (1822)
• The Witches of Pendle Hill (excerpt) (1938)
• Windsor Castle (excerpt) (1977)