1842 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

• Fanny Burney's diary and letters are posthumously published.

[edit] New books

• Honoré de Balzac - The Black Sheep
• Edward George Bulwer-Lytton -Zanoni
• James Fenimore Cooper - The Two Admirals
• Nikolai Gogol
  • Dead Souls
  • The Overcoat
• Catherine Gore - The Ambassador's Wife
• Victor Hugo - Le Rhin
• Samuel Lover - Handy Andy
• Frederick Marryat - Percival Keene
• George Sand - Consuelo
• Albert Smith - The Adventures of Mr Ledbury
• Eugène Sue - Les Mystères de Paris

[edit] New drama

• Isabel Hill - Brian the Probationer

[edit] Poetry

• Robert Browning - Dramatic Lyrics
• Alfred Tennyson - Locksley Hall

[edit] Non-fiction

• Charles Dickens - American Notes
• Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Transcendentalist
• Udney Hay Jacob - Peace Maker
• Henry David Thoreau - A Walk to Wachusett

[edit] Births

• February 4 - Arrigo Boito, poet (+ 1918)
• February 25 - Karl May, writer (+ 1912)
• June 24 - Ambrose Bierce (+ 1914)

[edit] Deaths

• March 23 - Stendhal, novelist
• July 28 - Clemens Brentano, poet and novelist
• October 23 - Wilhelm Gesenius, Biblical commentator
• November 6 - William Hone, publisher and bookseller
• December 7 - Thomas Hamilton, novelist
• date unknown - Charlotte Dacre, novelist

[edit] Awards