1847 in literature
See also: 1846 in literature, other events of 1847, 1848 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- Agnes Grey – Anne Brontë
- Castles in The Air – Catherine Gore
- The Children of the New Forest – Frederick Marryat
- Cousin Bette – Honoré de Balzac
- Evangeline – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
- Martin the Foundling – Eugène Sue
- Omoo – Herman Melville
- The Seven Deadly Sins – Eugène Sue
- The System – Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
- Tancred – Benjamin Disraeli
- William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave – William Wells Brown
- Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
Births
- April 10 – Joseph Pulitzer, newspaperman (+ 1911)
- September 22 – Alice Meynell, poet (+ 1922)
- November 8 – Bram Stoker, writer (+ 1912)
Deaths
Awards
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