Fairy Tales & Folklore Books of the 1850s
The 15 most-read fairy tales & folklore books first published between 1850 and 1859, led by Phantastes (1850), Flower Fables (1854) and The Ugly Duckling (1851).
This list collects 15 books from the 1850s by 11 authors, published between 1850 and 1859. 4 are free to read and 9 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
15 books
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Phantastes
George MacDonald
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Flower Fables
Louisa May Alcott
The Ugly Duckling
Hans Christian Andersen
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Fairy Tales and Stories
Hans Christian Andersen
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Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving
The Heroes
Charles Kingsley
Norske Folke-eventyr
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
The Nutcracker and the King of Mice
E. T. A. Hoffmann
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The Rose and the Ring
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Nutcracker and Mouse-King (version 2)
E. T. A. Hoffmann
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Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children
Charles Kingsley
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Tanglewood Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Balder Dead
Matthew Arnold
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Tristram and Iseult & Sohrab and Rustum
Matthew Arnold
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Fairy Tales of Science
John Cargill Brough