1848 in literature
See also: 1847 in literature, other events of 1848, 1849 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter – Henri Murger
- Dombey and Son – Charles Dickens
- The Emigrants of Ahadarra – William Carleton
- Francois the Waif – George Sand
- The Half Sisters – Geraldine Jewsbury
- Harold – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
- The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain – Charles Dickens
- Life in the Wilds of North America – RM Ballantyne
- The Little Savage – Frederick Marryat
- The Man in the Iron Mask – Alexandre Dumas, père
- Mary Barton – Elizabeth Gaskell
- Pendennis – William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Queen's Necklace – Alexandre Dumas, père
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Anne Brontë
- Valerie – Frederick Marryat
- Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
New drama
- Alfred de Musset – André del Sarto
Births
- February 5 – Joris-Karl Huysmans, writer (+ 1907)
- February 16 – Octave Mirbeau, novelist (+ 1917)
- February 24 – Grant Allen, writer (+ 1899)
Deaths
- January 19 – Isaac D'Israeli, author
- July 4 – François-René de Chateaubriand, writer
- August 9 – Frederick Marryat, novelist
- December 19 – Emily Brontë, writer
Awards
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