1838 in literature
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The year 1838 in literature involved some significant new books.
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[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
- Hendrik Conscience - The Lion of Flanders
- Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist
- Karl Leberecht Immermann - Münchhausen
- John Pendleton Kennedy - Rob of the Bowl
- Frederick Marryat with Edward Howard[disambiguation needed
] -Rattling the Reefer - Edgar Allan Poe
- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
- "Ligeia" (short story)
- Ann Sophia Stephens - Mary Derwent
[edit] New drama
- Dion Boucicault - A Legend of the Devil's Dyke
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton -The Lady of Lyons
- Franz Grillparzer - Weh dem, der lügt! - Link to the German article
- 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
- Samuel Smiles - Physical Education
[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
- April 12 - Johann Adam Möhler, theologian (born 1796)
- July 12 - John Jamieson, lexicographer (born 1759)
- August 24 - Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and critic (born 1790)
- December 17 - Józef Zawadzki, publisher (born 1781)
- December 20 - Hégésippe Moreau, poet (born 1810)
- December 26 - Ann Hatton, novelist (born 1764)
- date unknown
- Thomas Morton, dramatist (born 1764)
- Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin, Irish language author (born 1780)
