1838 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Awards

[edit] Events

• George Palmer Putnam and John Wiley form the book publishing and retail firm of Wiley & Putnam in New York City. It is the forerunner of G. P. Putnam's Sons.

[edit] New books

• Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton -The Lady of Lyons
• Hendrik Conscience - The Lion of Flanders
• Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist
• Karl Immerman - Munchausen
• John Pendleton Kennedy - Rob of the Bowl
• Frederick Marryat with Edward Howard -Rattling the Reefer
• Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
  • Ligeia
• Ann Sophia Stephens - Mary Derwent

[edit] New drama

• Dion Boucicault - A Legend of the Devil's Dyke
• Franz Grillparzer - Weh dem der Lugt
• Victor Hugo - Ruy Blas

[edit] Poetry

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning - The Seraphim and Other Poems

[edit] Non-fiction

• Giacomo Casanova - Memoirs (final volume)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Divinity School Address

[edit] Births

• June 26 - Bankim Chatterjee (+ 1894)
• July 20 - Augustin Daly, dramatist and theatre manager (+ 1899)
• November 7 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Symbolist writer (+ 1889)

[edit] Deaths

• July 12 - John Jamieson, lexicographer
• date unknown - Ann Hatton, novelist

[edit] Awards