1824 in literature
See also: 1823 in literature, other events of 1824, 1825 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Julia Beckwith Hart becomes the first Canadian female writer to be published.
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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
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Births
- January 7 - Julia Kavanagh (+ 1877)
- January 8 - Wilkie Collins (+ 1889)
- May 19 - William Allingham (+ 1889)
- December 10 - George MacDonald (+ 1905)
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Deaths
- March 2 - Haswell Rowson, author
- April 19 - Lord Byron, poet
- October 30 - Charles Maturin
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Awards
- March - Samuel Taylor Coleridge elected FRSL