1834 in literature
See also: 1833 in literature, other events of 1834, 1835 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- The Captives in India – Barbara Hofland
- Eustace Conyers – Frederick Maurice
- Le père Goriot – Honoré de Balzac
- The Hamiltons – Catherine Gore
- Jacob Faithful – Frederick Marryat
- The Last Days of Pompeii – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
- Lucien Leuwen – Stendhal
- A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett – David Crockett
- The Pauper Boy – Rosalia St. Clair
- Personation – Selina Davenport
- Peter Simple – Frederick Marryat
- Poetical Works (last edition proofread by the author) – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Rookwood – William Harrison Ainsworth
- Sartor Resartus – Thomas Carlyle
Births
- February 9 – Felix Dahn, author (+ 1912)
- March 24 – William Morris, English poet and designer (+ 1896)
Deaths
- July 25 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Romantic poet, writer
- December 27 – Charles Lamb, English essayist
- September 16 – William Blackwood, Scottish publisher
- December – Thomas Malthus
Awards
Categories: 1834 books