Category
page 1Literary characters introduced in 1845

The Raven
narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe

The Snow Queen
literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1844

The Little Match Girl
literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

Struwwelpeter
Der Struwwelpeter ("Shock-Headed Peter") is an 1845 German children's book written and illustrated by the German psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each cautionary tale has a clear moral lesson that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book.

Carmen
1845 novel by Prosper Mérimée

Varney the Vampire
serial novel by James Malcolm Rymer
John the Valiant
poem by Sándor Petőfi (1844)