1831 in literature
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See also: 1830 in literature, other events of 1831, 1832 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- The play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers introduces the term "chauvinism."
- William Lloyd Garrison begins publication of the Liberator, an abolitionist periodical.
New books
- Gerald Fitzgerald - Anne Hatton
- Notre Dame de Paris - Victor Hugo
- The Last of the Lyals - Rosalia St. Clair
- The Queen's Page - Selina Davenport
- The Spirit of the Age - John Stuart Mill
- The Tuileries - Catherine Gore
- The Young Duke - Benjamin Disraeli
New drama
- Robert Montgomery Bird - Gladiator
Births
- January 26 - Mary Mapes Dodge, writer (+ 1907)
- October 15 - Helen Hunt Jackson, writer-activist (+ 1885)
Deaths
- January 21 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim
- June 30 - William Roscoe, English poet
- December 18 - Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch author