1815 in literature

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See also: 1814 in literature, other events of 1815, 1816 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Awards

Events

• The Brothers Grimm complete the writing of Grimms' Fairy Tales.
• First publication of the North American Review.

New books

• Adolphe - Benjamin Constant
• The Baron of Falconberg - Elizabeth Thomas
• Barozzi or the Venetian Sorceress: A Romance of the Sixteenth Century - Catherine Smith
• The Brothers, or Consequences - Mary Hays
• The Devil's Elixir - Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
• Edinburg; a Novel - Regina Marie Roche
• A Father as He Should Be - Barbara Hofland
• The Fugitive - Sarah Green
• Guy Mannering - Sir Walter Scott
• The Pastor's Fireside - Jane Porter
• The Rock of Glotzden - Anne Hatton
• Secret Avengers - Ann Hatton
• The Spanish Campaign - Mary Meeke
• The Unfortunate Choice - Mary Pilkington
• The Victims of Seduction - Elizabeth Gunning

New drama

• J. S. Knowles - Caius Gracchus

Poetry

• Pierre-Jean de Béranger - Chansons I
• William Wordsworth - White Doe of Rhylstone

Non-fiction

• George Cavendish - The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey
• Thomas Malthus - An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent

Births

• April 24 - Anthony Trollope (+ 1882)
• May 5 - Eugène Marin Labiche

Deaths

• November 11 - Pierre-Louis Ginguené

Awards