Classic Fantasy Books of the 1850s
The 10 most-read classic fantasy books first published between 1850 and 1859, led by Moby Dick (1851), Phantastes (1850) and The House of Seven Gables Readalong (1851).
This list collects 10 books from the 1850s by 9 authors, published between 1850 and 1857. 6 are free to read and 3 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
10 books
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Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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Phantastes
George MacDonald
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The House of Seven Gables Readalong
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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 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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The Spirit-rapper
Orestes Augustus Brownson
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmi / Devil in the Belfry / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / King Pest / Lionizing / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Power of Words / Shadow / Silence / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire