1853 in literature
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See also: 1852 in literature, other events of 1853, 1854 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Charles Dickens writes Bleak House, the first English novel to feature a detective.
- William Wells Brown becomes the first African American novelist to be published.
New books
- An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street - Sheridan Le Fanu
- Bartleby, the Scrivener - Herman Melville
- Bleak House - Charles Dickens
- Les Châtiments - Victor Hugo
- Clotelle - William Wells Brown
- The Countess de Charny - Alexandre Dumas, père
- Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell
- Digby Grand - George J. Whyte-Melville
- Helen and Arthur - Caroline Lee Hentz
- Hypatia - Charles Kingsley
- Life in the Clearings - Susanna Moodie
- Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour - Robert Smith Surtees
- Peg Woffington - Charles Reade
- Ruth - Elizabeth Gaskell
- Villette - Charlotte Brontë
New drama
- Charles Reade - Gold
Births
- April 23 - Thomas Nelson Page, novelist (+ 1922)
- May 3 - Edgar Watson Howe, author and editor (+ 1937)
- May 14 - Hall Caine, author (+ 1931)
- William Herrick Macaulay