1842 in literature
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See also: 1841 in literature, other events of 1842, 1843 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- The Adventures of Mr Ledbury - Albert Smith
- The Ambassador's Wife - Catherine Gore
- The Black Sheep - Honoré de Balzac
- Consuelo - George Sand
- Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol
- Handy Andy - Samuel Lover
- The Mysteries of Paris - Eugène Sue
- The Overcoat - Nikolai Gogol
- Percival Keene - Frederick Marryat
- Le Rhin - Victor Hugo
- The Two Admirals - James Fenimore Cooper
- Zanoni - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Births
- February 4 - Arrigo Boito, poet (+ 1918)
- February 25 - Karl May, writer (+ 1912)
- June 24 - Ambrose Bierce (+ 1914)
Deaths
- Charlotte Dacre, author
- March 23 - Stendhal, writer