1807 in literature
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See also: 1806 in literature, other events of 1807, 1808 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- John Wiley & Sons book publishing company founded.
New books
- The Benevolent Monk - Theodore Melville
- The Castle Spectre - Sarah Wilkinson
- The Catholic - William Henry Ireland
- Constance de Lindensdorf - Sophia Frances
- Corinne - Anne Louise Germaine de Stael
- Count Eugenio - Harriet Butler
- The Demon of Sicily - Edward Montague
- The Discarded Son - Regina Marie Roche
- Ellen: Heiress of the Castle - Mary Pilkington
- Family Annals - Rachel Hunter
- The Fatal Revenge - Charles Robert Maturin
- The Fugitive Countess - Sarah Wilkinson
- The Hungarian Brothers - Anna Maria Porter
- Julien - Mary Meeke
- Legends of a Nunnery - Edward Montague
- Léopold de Circé - Cathérine F. de St-Venant
- The Libertine - Charlotte Dacre
- The Orphans of Snowdon - Elizabeth Gunning
- A Peep at our Ancestors - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
- Phenomenology of Spirit - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- A Summer at Brighton - Mary Julia Young
- Tales from Shakespeare - Charles Lamb & Mary Lamb
- The Wood Daemon - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Births
- February 27 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (+ 1882)
- September 9 - Richard Chenevix Trench, poet
- October 30 - Christopher Wordsworth, Biblical editor and commentator, nephew of William Wordsworth
- Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic author
Deaths
- December 19 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, writer
- December 21 - John Newton, songwriter ("Amazing Grace")