1844 in literature
See also: 1843 in literature, other events of 1844, 1845 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- Barry Lyndon – William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Chimes – Charles Dickens
- Condition of the Working Classes in England – Friedrich Engels
- Coningsby – Benjamin Disraeli
- Les Paysans – Honoré de Balzac
- Life of Arnold – Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
- Poems (poetry) – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Settlers in Canada – Frederick Marryat
- Struwwelpeter – Heinrich Hoffmann
- The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas, père
- Tom Burke of Ours – Charles Lever
- Twenty Years After – Alexandre Dumas, père
- Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation – Anonymous (Robert Chambers)
- The Wandering Jew – Eugène Sue
- The Wrongs of Women – Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
Births
- March 30 – Paul Verlaine, lyric poet
- April 2 – George Haven Putnam, American author, publisher
- April 16 – Anatole France, writer
- July 28 – Gerard Manley Hopkins
Deaths
- January 27 – Charles Nodier, writer
Awards
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