The Comic Offering, or, Ladies’ Melange of Literary Mirth
Short Fiction Titles
- A Country Fair or Old Aunt Letty’s Fancies in vol. 2 (1832), pp. 72-84
- Letter of a French Governess to an English Lady in vol. 2 (1832), pp. 295-304
- Making Purchases, or Misfortunes Never Come Single in vol. 2 (1832), pp. 307-312
- Making a Name; or, Mortifications and Misfortunes in vol. 2 (1832), pp. 140-172
- The Man Who Carried His Own Bundle in vol. 2 (1832), pp. 188-209 [Draft]
- My Aunt Dorothy’s Legacy. A Tale of the Christmas Hearth in vol. 2 (1832), pp. 118-128 [Draft]
- The Party of Pleasure in vol. 2 (1832), pp. 325-355
- The Spinster’s Last Hope in vol. 2 (1832), pp. 246-253
- Young Master Ben in vol. 2 (1832), pp. 55-69 [Draft]
Other Title
- The Comic Offering
Further Reading
“Comic Offering, The.” The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900, Series 2. Ed. John S. North. North Waterloo Academic Press, 2003. Online edition.
Hunt, Tamara L. “Louisa Henrietta Sheridan’s Comic Offering and the Critics: Gender and Humor in the Early Victorian Era.” Victorian Periodicals Review. Vol. 29 No. 2, 1996, 95-115. ProQuest.
Editors
- Christie Peterson
- Lesli Mortensen
- Rachel Housley
Posted
19 November 2017.
Last modified
18 April 2025.