1843 in literature

See also: 1842 in literature, other events of 1843, 1844 in literature, list of years in literature.

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

Events

• William Wordsworth (1770-1850), becomes Poet Laureate of England.

New Books

• The Banker's Wife[?] - Catherine Gore[?]
• Les Burgraves[?] - Victor Hugo
• A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
• The Gold Bug[?] - Edgar Allen Poe
• Handley Cross[?] - Robert Smith Surtees[?]
• The Last of the Barons[?] - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
• Le Mouchoir; an Autobiographical Romance[?] - James Fenimore Cooper
• Martin Chuzzlewit[?] - Charles Dickens
• Monsieur Violet[?] - Frederick Marryat
• Perils of the Nation[?] - Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna[?]
• Windsor Castle[?] - William Harrison Ainsworth

Births

• April 15 - Henry James, writer (+ 1916)

Deaths

• June 6 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist

Awards