1762 in literature
See also: 1761 in literature, other events of 1762, 1763 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Académie française produces new edition of its dictionary of the French language.
New books
- Anecdotes of Painting in England, volume 1 – Horace Walpole
- Éloge de Richardson – Denis Diderot
- Émile – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Le Contrat Social (The Social Contract), also by Rousseau
- Ollivier – Jacques Cazotte
- Slavonic-Bulgarian History – Paisii Hilendarski
Births
Deaths
- August 21 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Categories: 1762 books