1843 in literature
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See also: 1842 in literature, other events of 1843, 1844 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- William Wordsworth (1770-1850), becomes Poet Laureate of England.
New books
- A System of Logic - John Stuart Mill
- The Banker's Wife - Catherine Gore
- Les Burgraves - Victor Hugo
- A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
- The Gold Bug - Edgar Allan Poe
- Handley Cross - Robert Smith Surtees
- The Last of the Barons - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
- Le Mouchoir; an Autobiographical Romance - James Fenimore Cooper
- Martin Chuzzlewit - Charles Dickens
- Monsieur Violet - Frederick Marryat
- Perils of the Nation - Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
- Windsor Castle - William Harrison Ainsworth
Births
- April 15 - Henry James, writer (+ 1916)
Deaths
- June 6 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist