1846 in literature

See also: 1845 in literature, other events of 1846, 1847 in literature, list of years in literature.

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

Events

New Books

• The Chevalier of the Maison Rouge[?] - Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Children of the Night[?] - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
• The Devil's Pond[?] - George Sand
• Memoirs of a Physician[?] - Alexandre Dumas, père
• Pictures from Italy[?] - Charles Dickens
• Poor People[?] - Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Privateersman[?] - Frederick Marryat
• The Redskins[?] - James Fenimore Cooper
• Typee - Herman Melville
• Weekdays[?] - Mór Jókai[?]

Births

• April 4 - Comte de Lautreamont, French poet and writer (+ 1870)
• May 5 - Henryk Sienkiewicz Polish novelist (+ 1916)

Deaths

• July 12 - Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna[?], novelist

Awards