1851 in literature - Definition

See also: 1850 in literature, other events of 1851, 1852 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• November 14 - Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick is published for the first time.

New Books

• The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Lavengro - George Henry Borrow
• Moby Dick - Herman Melville
• La Vie de Boheme - Henri Murger
• Une Vieille Maltresse - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly
• The Watcher - Sheridan Le Fanu

Births

• June 11 - Mary Augusta Ward, author (+ 1920)

Deaths

• Abigail Mott, writer
• February 1 - Mary Shelley, author
• February 23 - Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet, dramatist
• September 14 - James Fenimore Cooper, writer

Awards