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Classics · 1850s

Best Classics of the 1850s

The best classics books first published in the 1850s, ranked — a focused list of 12 titles.

Bleak House Charles Dickens · 1852 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Hard Times Charles Dickens · 1854 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
North and South Elizabeth Gaskell · 1855 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens · 1859 Essential Read See details →
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850 Recommended See details →
Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1850 Recommended See details →
Moby-Dick Herman Melville · 1851 Recommended See details →
The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1852 Recommended See details →
Cranford Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · 1853 Recommended See details →
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane · 1855 Recommended See details →
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert · 1856 Recommended See details →
The Coral Island Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1858 Recommended See details →

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