1826 in literature
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See also: 1825 in literature, other events of 1826, 1827 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
[edit] New books
- James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans
- Benjamin Disraeli - Vivian Grey
- Catherine Gore - The Broken Heart
- Ann Hatton - Deeds of the Olden Time
- T. H. Lister - Granby
- Anna Maria Porter - Honor O'Hara
- Jane Porter & Anna Maria Porter - Tales Round a Winter Hearth
- Ann Radcliffe - Gaston de Blondeville
- Sir Walter Scott - Woodstock
- Mary Shelley - The Last Man
- Alfred de Vigny - Cinq-Mars
[edit] Poetry
- Heinrich Heine - Die Harzreise (The Heart's Journey)
- Robert Hetrick - Poems and Songs of Robert Hetrick
[edit] Non-fiction
- Alicia Lefanu - Henry the Fourth of France
- Abigail Mott - Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Color
[edit] Births
- February 3 - Walter Bagehot
- February 16 - Joseph Viktor von Scheffel, poet
- May 10 - Johann Peter Hebel, short story writer and poet
- November 24 - Carlo Collodi
[edit] Deaths
- February 17 - Johann Philipp Gabler, theologian
- March 24 - Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, biographer of Mozart
- March 29 - Johann Heinrich Voss, poet and translator
- July 4 - Thomas Jefferson, philosopher, politician and author
- October 3 - Jens Immanuel Baggesen, poet
- date unknown - William Glen, poet
