1825 in literature

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The year 1825 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Contents

1 Events
2 New books
- 2.1 Fiction
- 2.2 Non-fiction
3 New drama
4 Poetry
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events

Henri Boulard (b. 1754) dies, leaving behind one of the greatest book collections in history, with a library containing more than half a million books.

New books

Fiction

John Banim & Michael Banim - Tales of the O'Hara Family
Lydia Maria Child - The Rebels
Sarah Green - Parents and Wives
Wilhelm Hauff - Der Mann im Mond
Barbara Hofland - Moderation
Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - A Father's Love and a Woman's Friendship
Sir Walter Scott
- The Betrothed
- The Talisman
R. P. Ward - Man of Refinement

Non-fiction

Thomas Moore - Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Aids to Reflection
William Hazlitt - The Spirit of the Age

New drama

Harriet Lee - The Three Strangers
Alexander Pushkin - Boris Godunov (published 1831, but staged only in 1866)

Poetry

Felicia Hemans - The Forest Sanctuary
Esaias Tegnér - Frithiol's Saga

Births

January 11 - Bayard Taylor, poet (d. 1878)
February 18 - Mór Jókai, Hungrian dramatist and novelist (d. 1904)
April 24 - RM Ballantyne, juvenile fiction writer (d. 1894)
June 7 - R. D. Blackmore, novelist (d. 1900)
July 2 - Richard Henry Stoddard, critic and poet (d. 1903)
Date unknown
- Jeanette Granberg, Swedish playwright (d. 1857)

Deaths

Henri Boulard, French literary figure
November 7 - Charlotte Dacre