The Misers Daughter by William Harrison Ainsworth is a historical romance that describes a young man pursuing the daughter of a miserly rich man during the 18th century.'The Miser's Daughter' was first published in serial form in'Ainsworth's Magazine' with the first Chapter appearing in the firstedition of the Magazine in February 1842. Copies of the Magazine werethen used to produce the story in the Hobart paper, The Colonial Times.