The Archive · A decade in science fiction

1830s

Poe and the German Romantics. The short weird tale finds its form.

19 titles 15 authors

Defining themes

Fantasy Horror Juvenile Social SF Adventure First Contact Space Opera

Its notable voices

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton H. C. Andersen Earl John Russell Russell Edgar Allan Poe Eugène Sue Frederick Marryat Friedrich Wilhelm Carové Henry Pidgeon

The collection

Cover of Plick y Plock by Eugène Sue

Eugène Sue · 1831

4 hr 19 min read

AdventureHorror

The Elixir of Life

Cover of The Elixir of Life by Honoré de Balzac

The Elixir of Life

Honoré de Balzac · 1831

Contes Fantastiques et Contes Littéraires

Cover of Contes Fantastiques et Contes Littéraires by Jules Gabriel Janin

Contes Fantastiques et Contes Littéraires

Jules Gabriel Janin · 1832

4 hr 41 min read

Blanche et Bleue ou les deux couleuvres-fées, roman chinois

Cover of Blanche et Bleue ou les deux couleuvres-fées, roman chinois

Blanche et Bleue ou les deux couleuvres-fées, roman chinois

Unknown author · 1834

3 hr 32 min read

The Pilgrims of the Rhine

Cover of The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

The Pilgrims of the Rhine

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton · 1834

The Story Without an End

Cover of The Story Without an End by Friedrich Wilhelm Carové

The Story Without an End

Friedrich Wilhelm Carové · 1834

FantasyJuvenile

Demonien ruhtinatar: Kertomus

Cover of Demonien ruhtinatar: Kertomus by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

Demonien ruhtinatar: Kertomus

Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol · 1835

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

Cover of Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. Andersen

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

H. C. Andersen · 1835

4 hr 17 min read

FantasyJuvenile

Satuja ja tarinoita I

Cover of Satuja ja tarinoita I by H. C. Andersen

Satuja ja tarinoita I

H. C. Andersen · 1835

2 hr 48 min read

FantasyJuvenile

Cover of The moon hoax by Richard Adams Locke

Richard Adams Locke · 1835

1 hr 13 min read

First ContactSocial SF

Adventures in the Moon, and Other Worlds

Cover of Adventures in the Moon, and Other Worlds by Earl John Russell Russell

Adventures in the Moon, and Other Worlds

Earl John Russell Russell · 1836

Social SFSpace Opera

Cover of Clarimonde by Théophile Gautier

Théophile Gautier · 1836

Two Ghostly Mysteries

Cover of Two Ghostly Mysteries by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Two Ghostly Mysteries

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1836

1 hr 29 min read

Memorials of Shrewsbury

Cover of Memorials of Shrewsbury by Henry Pidgeon

Memorials of Shrewsbury

Henry Pidgeon · 1837

4 hr 9 min read

The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales")

Cover of The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales") by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales")

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1838

Zicci: A Tale, Volume 01

Cover of Zicci: A Tale, Volume 01 by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Zicci: A Tale, Volume 01

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton · 1838

Zicci: A Tale, Volume 02

Cover of Zicci: A Tale, Volume 02 by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Zicci: A Tale, Volume 02

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton · 1838

1 hr 7 min read

The Fall of the House of Usher

Cover of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe · 1839

The Phantom Ship

Cover of The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat

The Phantom Ship

Frederick Marryat · 1839

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