1753 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Non-fiction 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] New books

• Samuel Richardson - The History of Sir Charles Grandison
• Tobias Smollett - Ferdinand Count Fathom

[edit] New drama

• Giacomo Casanova - La Moluccheide
• Samuel Foote - The Englishman in Paris

[edit] Non-fiction

• Theophilus Cibber - Lives of the Poets

[edit] Births

• March 8 - William Roscoe (died 1831)
• June 26 - Antoine de Rivarol (died 1801)
• date unknown - Phillis Wheatley (died 1784)

[edit] Deaths

• January 14 - George Berkeley (born 1685)