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Rookwood (novel)
''Rookwood'' is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1834. It is a historical and gothic romance that describes a dispute over the legitimate claim for the inheritance of Rookwood Place and the Rookwood family name.
==Background==
Ainsworth began to develop the idea of writing a novel in 1829. In a letter to James Crossley during that May, Ainsworth inquired about information about Gypsies and eulogies. By 1830, he began to work for the ''Fraser's Magazine'' and was with the magazine when he started writing ''Rookwood'' in 1831. A preface to the 1849 edition of the novel discusses the origins and development of the novel:〔Carver 2003 pp. 125–126〕 "During a visit to Chesterfield, in the autumn of the year 1831, I first conceived the notion of writing this story. Wishing to describe, somewhat minutely, the trim gardens, the picturesque domains, the rook-haunted groves, the gloomy chambers, and gloomier galleries, of an ancient Hall with which I was acquainted."〔Carver 2003 qtd p. 126〕
The locations Ainsworth refers to is the home of his cousin's wife in Chesterfield and the ancient hall belonged to a friend who lived in Cuckfield Place, Sussex. Ainsworth used the settings in combination with his work for his previous novel, ''Sir John Chiverton''. The work was completed in 1834, and ''Rookwood, A Romance'' was published in three volumes by Richard Bentley with illustrations by George Cruikshank.〔Carver 2003 pp. 126–129〕 The novel disappeared from bookshops after World War II and a restriction on the use of paper.〔Carver 2003 p. 36〕
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