1818 in literature
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See also: 1817 in literature, other events of 1818, 1819 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Lord Byron begins writing Don Juan
- Series of lectures on poetry, drama, philosophy - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
New books
- An Angel's Form and a Devil's Heart - Selina Davenport
- The Bandit's Bride - Louisa Stanhope
- Endymion (poem) - John Keats
- Family Shakespeare - Thomas Bowdler
- The Fast of St. Magdalen: A Romance - Anna Maria Porter
- Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
- The Friend - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The Heart of Midlothian - Sir Walter Scott
- Marriage - Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier
- Nightmare Abbey - Thomas Love Peacock
- Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
- The Nun of Santa Maria di Tindaro - Louisa Stanhope
- Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Persuasion - Jane Austen
- Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott
- Sappho - Franz Grillparzer
- Secrets in Every Mansion - Anne Hatton
- The Veiled Protectress - Mary Meeke
- Woman, or Minor Maxims; a Sketch - Elizabeth Thomas
New drama
- Franz Grillparzer - Sapho
Births
- July 30 - Emily Brontė (+ 1848)
- November 9 - Ivan Turgenev (+ 1883)
Deaths
- Johann David Wyss, author