1854 in literature

See also: 1853 in literature, other events of 1854, 1855 in literature, list of years in literature. \n

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

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New Books

\n*Atherton - Mary Russell Mitford\n*The Charge of the Light Brigade (poetry) - Alfred Lord Tennyson\n*L'Ensorcelée - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly\n*Essence of Christianity - Ludwig Feuerbach\n*Fashion and Famine - Ann Sophia Stephens \n*Figlie del fuoco - Gerard Nerval\n*Hard Times - Charles Dickens\n*The Heir of Redclyffe - Charlotte Mary Yonge\n*Hide and Seek - Wilkie Collins\n*The Lamplighter - Maria Cummins \n*The Lost Heiress - E. D. E. N. Southworth \n*The Newcomers - William Makepeace Thackeray\n*North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell \n*The Planter's Northern Bride - Caroline Lee Hentz\n*Sketches of Places and People Abroad - William Wells Brown\n*Tempest and Sunshine - Mary Jane Holmes \n*The Virginia Comedians - John Esten Cooke\n*Walden or Life in the Woods - Henry David Thoreau \n

Births

\n* Sarah Grand, author and women's rights advocate (+ 1943)\n* October 16 - Oscar Wilde (+ 1900) \n

Deaths

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Awards

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