1824 in literature
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[edit] Events
- Julia Beckwith Hart becomes the first Canadian female writer to be published.
[edit] New books
- The Albigenses - Charles Maturin
- Charlotte's Daughter - Susanna 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
- The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg
- Redwood - Catharine Maria Sedgwick
- St. Ronan's Well - Sir Walter Scott
- St. Ursula's Convent - Julia Beckwith Hart
- The Siege of Kenilworth - Louisa Stanhope
- Theresa Marchment, or The Maid of Honour - Catherine Gore
- The Tradition of the Castle - Regina Marie Roche
[edit] Poetry
- Giacomo Leopardi - Canzoni and Versi
[edit] Non-fiction
- August Böckh - Corpus Inscriptionum Graecum
[edit] Births
- January 7 - Julia Kavanagh (+ 1877)
- January 8 - Wilkie Collins (+ 1889)
- May 19 - William Allingham (+ 1889)
- December 10 - George MacDonald (+ 1905)
[edit] Deaths
- March 2 - Susanna Haswell Rowson, author
- April 19 - Lord Byron, poet
- October 30 - Charles Maturin
[edit] Awards
- March - Samuel Taylor Coleridge elected FRSL