1842 in literature
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The year 1842 in literature involved some significant new books.
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[edit] Events
- Fanny Burney's diary and letters are posthumously published.
- The Book of Abraham is published in two installments in the Times and Seasons.
- Washington Irving presides over a public dinner for Charles Dickens in New York.
[edit] New books
- Honoré de Balzac - The Black Sheep
- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton -Zanoni
- James Fenimore Cooper - The Two Admirals
- Nikolai Gogol
- 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
[edit] New drama
- Isabel Hill - Brian the Probationer
- Johann Nestroy - Einen Jux will er sich machen
[edit] Poetry
[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
