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1814 in literature
See also: 1813 in literature, other events of 1814, 1815 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- In England, a revolutionary steam-powered press prints the Times newspaper at a rate of 1100 copies per hour.
New Books
- Alicia de Lacy - Jane West
- Auberry Stanhope - Jane Harvey
- The Castle of Strathmay - Honoria Scott
- Conscience - Mary Meeke
- Conviction - Anne Hatton
- Discipline - Mary Brunton
- Emily and Her Friends - Barbara Hofland
- - Jane Harvey
- The Excursion - William Wordsworth
- The Hypocrite - Selina Davenport
- - Louisa Stanhope
- Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
- Patronage - Maria Edgeworth
- The Prison-House - Elizabeth Thomas
- The Recluse of Norway - Anna Maria Porter
- The Towers of Ravenswold - William Henry Hitchener
- Trecothick Bower - Regina Marie Roche
- The Wanderer - Fanny Burney
- Waverley - Sir Walter Scott
Births
- June 8 - Charles Reade, English writer (+ 1884)
- June 14 - Harriet Beecher Stowe (+ 1896)
- August 28 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (+ 1873)
- October 3 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet (+ 1841)
- November 6 - William Wells Brown African-American writer (+ 1884)
- December 27 - Jules Simon, French philosopher
Deaths
- December 2 - Marquis de Sade, pornographic author
Awards
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