1844 in literature
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See also: 1843 in literature, other events of 1844, 1845 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- The first volumes of the Patrologia Latina, a 217 volume collection of works in Latin, are published in Paris by Jacques Paul Migne. The initial volumes include the writings of Tertullian and Cyprian, among other authors.
[edit] New books
- Barry Lyndon - William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Chimes - Charles Dickens
- Condition of the Working Classes in England - Friedrich Engels
- The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, père
- Coningsby - Benjamin Disraeli
- Les Paysans - Honoré de Balzac
- The Mysteries of London - G.W.M. Reynolds
- Settlers in Canada - Frederick Marryat
- Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffmann
- The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas, père
- Tom Burke of Ours - Charles Lever
- Twenty Years After - Alexandre Dumas, père
- The Wandering Jew - Eugène Sue
- The Wrongs of Women - Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
[edit] New drama
- Christian Friedrich Hebbel - Maria Magdalene
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Life of Arnold
[edit] Poetry
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Poems
- Heinrich Heine - Neue Gedichte
- James Russell Lowell - Poems
- Coventry Patmore - Poems
[edit] Non-fiction
- Robert Chambers(published anonymously) - Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
[edit] Births
- March 30 - Paul Verlaine, lyric poet
- April 2 - George Haven Putnam, American author, publisher
- April 16 - Anatole France, writer
- July 28 - Gerard Manley Hopkins
[edit] Deaths
- January 27 - Charles Nodier, writer
- June 15 - Thomas Campbell, poet
- November 21 - Ivan Krylov, fable-writer
