- 1851 in literature
The year 1851 in literature involved some significant new books.
Events
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January 1 - The Georgian theatre company gives its first performance, under the direction ofGiorgi Eristavi .
*November 14 -Herman Melville 's novel "Moby-Dick " is published in full, in a single volume, for the first time.New books
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Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly - "Une Vieille Maltresse "
*George Henry Borrow - "Lavengro "
*Elizabeth Gaskell - "Cranford"
*Nathaniel Hawthorne - "The House of the Seven Gables "
*Gottfried Keller - "Der Grüne Heinrich"
*Sheridan Le Fanu - "The Watcher "
*Herman Melville - "Moby-Dick "
*John Ruskin - "The King of the Golden River "Poetry
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Heinrich Heine - "Romanzero"
*Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - "The Golden Legend"
*Matthew Arnold - "Dover Beach" - written not publishedNon-fiction
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John Ruskin - "The Stones of Venice", vol 1Births
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February 8 -Kate Chopin , American writer
*June 11 -Mary Augusta Ward , author (+1920 )Deaths
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February 1 -Mary Shelley , author
*February 23 -Joanna Baillie , Scottish poet, dramatist
*May 23 -Richard Lalor Sheil , dramatist and journalist
*August 10 -Heinrich Paulus , theologian
*September 14 -James Fenimore Cooper , writer
*October 12 -Augusta Leigh , half-sister and lover ofLord Byron
*December 19 - Henry Luttrell, poet
*"date unknown" -Abigail Mott , writerAwards
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