1841 in literature
See also: 1840 in literature, other events of 1841, 1842 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Horace Greeley begins publication of the New York Tribune.
New books
- Adventures of a Coxcomb – Catherine Gore
- Barnaby Rudge – Charles Dickens
- The Bronze Horseman (poem) – Alexander Pushkin
- Charles O'Malley – Charles Lever
- Conformity – Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
- The Deerslayer – James Fenimore Cooper
- The Demon: An Eastern Tale (poem) – Mikhail Lermontov
- Falsehood and Truth – Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
- Helen Fleetwood: Tales of the Factories – Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
- Joseph Rushbroo – Frederick Marryat
- Master Humphrey's Clock – Charles Dickens
- Masterman Ready – Frederick Marryat
- Mathilde – Eugène Sue
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue – Edgar Allan Poe
- Night and Morning – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
- Old St. Paul's – William Harrison Ainsworth
- Season in Paris – Catherine Gore
- Susan Hopley – Catherine Crowe
- A Shady Business – Honoré de Balzac
New drama
- Dion Boucicault – London Assurance
Births
- August 18 – Robert Williams Buchanan, author († 1901)
Deaths
- May 7 – Thomas Barnes, editor of The Times
Awards
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