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The year 1842 in literature involved some significant new books.
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.
New books[]
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- 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
New drama[]
- Isabel Hill - Brian the Probationer
- Johann Nestroy - Einen Jux will er sich machen
Poetry[]
Main article: 1842 in poetry
- Robert Browning - Dramatic Lyrics
- Alfred Tennyson - Locksley Hall
Non-fiction[]
- Charles Dickens - American Notes
- Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Transcendentalist
- Udney Hay Jacob - Peace Maker
- Henry David Thoreau - A Walk to Wachusett
Births[]
- February 4 - Arrigo Boito, poet (+ 1918)
- February 25 - Karl May, writer (+ 1912)
- June 24 - Ambrose Bierce (+ 1914)
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
Awards[]
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