1847 in literature

See also: 1846 in literature, other events of 1847, 1848 in literature, list of years in literature.

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

Events

New Books

• Agnes Grey[?] - Anne Bronte
• Castles in The Air[?] - Catherine Gore[?]
• The Children of the New Forest[?] - Frederick Marryat
• Cousin Bette[?] - Honore de Balzac
• Evangeline[?] - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
• Martin the Foundling[?] - Eugène Sue[?]
• Omoo[?] - Herman Melville
• The Seven Deadly Sins[?] - Eugène Sue[?]
• The System[?] - Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna[?]
• Tancred - Benjamin Disraeli
• William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave[?] - William Wells Brown[?]
• Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Births

• March 3 - Joseph Pulitzer, newspaperman (+ 1911)
• November 8 - Bram Stoker, writer (+ 1912)

Deaths

Awards