1854 in literature
See also: 1853 in literature, other events of 1854, 1855 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- Atherton – Mary Russell Mitford
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (poetry) – Alfred Lord Tennyson
- L'Ensorcelée – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly
- Essence of Christianity – Ludwig Feuerbach
- Fashion and Famine – Ann Sophia Stephens
- Figlie del fuoco – Gerard Nerval
- Hard Times – Charles Dickens
- The Heir of Redclyffe – Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Hide and Seek – Wilkie Collins
- The Lamplighter – Maria Cummins
- The Lost Heiress – E. D. E. N. Southworth
- The Newcomers – William Makepeace Thackeray
- North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell
- The Planter's Northern Bride – Caroline Lee Hentz
- Sketches of Places and People Abroad – William Wells Brown
- Tempest and Sunshine – Mary Jane Holmes
- The Virginia Comedians – John Esten Cooke
- Walden or Life in the Woods – Henry David Thoreau
Births
- Sarah Grand, author and women's rights advocate (+ 1943)
- October 16 – Oscar Wilde (+ 1900)
Deaths
Awards
Categories: 1854 books