- 1838 in literature
The year 1838 in literature involved some significant new books.
Events
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George Palmer Putnam and John Wiley form the book publishing and retail firm of Wiley & Putnam inNew York City . It is the forerunner ofG. P. Putnam's Sons .New books
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton -"The Lady of Lyons "
*Hendrik Conscience - "The Lion of Flanders"
*Charles Dickens - "Oliver Twist "
*Karl Immerman - "Munchausen "
*John Pendleton Kennedy - "Rob of the Bowl "
*Frederick Marryat withEdward Howard -"Rattling the Reefer "
*Edgar Allan Poe
**"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket "
**"Ligeia " (short story)
*Ann Sophia Stephens - "Mary Derwent "New drama
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Dion Boucicault - "A Legend of the Devil's Dyke"
*Franz Grillparzer - "Weh dem der Lugt"
*Victor Hugo - "Ruy Blas "Poetry
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning - "The Seraphim and Other Poems"Non-fiction
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Giacomo Casanova - "Memoirs" (final volume)
*Ralph Waldo Emerson - "The Divinity School Address "
*Samuel Smiles - "Physical Education"Births
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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)Deaths
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April 12 -Johann Adam Möhler , theologian (b. 1796)
*July 12 -John Jamieson , lexicographer (b. 1759)
*August 24 -Ferenc Kölcsey , Hungarian poet and critic (b. 1790)
*December 17 - Józef Zawadzki, publisher (b. 1781)
*December 20 -Hégésippe Moreau , poet (b. 1810)
*December 26 -Ann Hatton , novelist (b. 1764)
*"date unknown"
**Thomas Morton, dramatist (b. 1764)
**Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin , Irish language author (b. 1780)Awards
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