1792 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Non-fiction 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Awards

[edit] Events

• Molière's body is moved to the museum of French monuments

[edit] New books

• Hugh Henry Brackenridge - Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Regan, His servant
• Charlotte Turner Smith - Desmond

[edit] New drama

• Joseph Chénier - Caïus Gracchus
• Thomas Holcroft - The Road to Ruin

[edit] Non-fiction

• Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

[edit] Births

• February 10 - Frederick Marryat (Captain Marryat), novelist
• August 4 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet

[edit] Deaths

• April 23 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, theologian
• June 4 - John Burgoyne, soldier and dramatist
• August 25 - Jacques Cazotte, novelist

[edit] Awards