1827 in literature

Events

• Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860) publishes the first of the "Peter Parley" juvenile novels that would continue until 1860.

New Books

• The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni
• Book of Songs (poetry) - Heinrich Heine
• Hope Leslie - Catharine Maria Sedgwick
• Intrigue - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
• The Lettre de Cachet - Catherine Gore
• The O'Briens and The O'Flaherties - Sydney Owenson
• The Prairie - James Fenimore Cooper
• The Red Rover - James Fenimore Cooper
• The Reign of Terror - Catherine Gore

Births

• April 10 - Lewis Wallace (+ 1905)
• June 12 - Johanna Spyri (+ 1901)

Deaths

• August 12 - William Blake, poet

Awards

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