Dorothy Vernon in Fiction
- A story entitled "King of the Peak – A Derbyshire Tale" (Sir George Vernon was known as the "King of the Peak"), by Allan Cunningham, published in the London Magazine in 1822.
- An 1823 novel The King of the Peak – A Romance, in three volumes by William Bennett (1796–1879), writing under the pseudonym Lee Gibbons.
- "The Love Steps of Dorothy Vernon", a short story by Eliza Meteyard (1816–1879), writing under a pseudonym in 1849. It was first published in the December 29, 1849 issue of Eliza Cook's Journal and then in The Reliquary, October 1860, p. 79.
- A light opera of 1892, Haddon Hall by Arthur Sullivan, with libretto by Sydney Grundy.
- A novel Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall written by American Charles Major in 1902.
- A play of 1903, based on the novel, by American playwright Paul Kester that debuted on Broadway.
- A 1906 adaptation of Kester's play by Fred Terry and Julia Neilson, titled Dorothy o' the Hall.
- A film of 1924, starring Mary Pickford, also based on Major's novel.
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