1824 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1823 in literature, other events of 1824, 1825 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Julia Beckwith Hart becomes the first Canadian female writer to be published.

New Books

• The Albigenses - Charles Maturin
• Charlotte's Daughter - Haswell Rowson
• Hajji Baba of Ispahan - James Morier
• Hobomok - Lydia Maria Child
• The Homicide - Mary Charlton
• The Inheritance - Susan Ferrier
• Our Village - Mary Russell Mitford
• Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg
• Redwood - Catharine Maria Sedgwick
• St. Ronon's Well - Sir Walter Scott
• St. Ursula's Convent - Julia Beckwith Hart
• The Siege of Kenilworth - Louisa Stanhope
• The Tradition of the Castle - Regina Marie Roche

Births

• January 8 - Wilkie Collins (+ 1889)
• May 19 - William Allingham (+ 1889)
• December 10 - George MacDonald (+ 1905)

Deaths

• March 2 - Haswell Rowson, author
• April 19 - Lord Byron, poet
• October 30 - Charles Maturin

Awards

• March - Samuel Taylor Coleridge elected FRSL