1831 in literature

See also: 1830 in literature, other events of 1831, 1832 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

• The play La Cocarde Tricolore[?] by the Cogniard brothers[?] introduces the term "chauvinism."

New Books

• Gerald Fitzgerald[?] - Anne Hatton[?]
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo
• The Last of the Lyals[?] - Rosalia St. Clair[?]
• The Queen's Page[?] - Selina Davenport[?]
• The Spirit of the Age[?] - John Stuart Mill
• The Tuileries[?] - Catherine Gore[?]
• The Young Duke[?] - Benjamin Disraeli

Births

• January 26 - Mary Mapes Dodged[?], writer (+ 1907)
• October 15 - Helen Hunt Jackson[?], writer-activist (+ 1885)

Deaths

• June 30 - William Roscoe[?], English poet
• December 18 - Willem Bilderdijk[?], Dutch author

Awards