1825 in literature

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See also: 1824 in literature, other events of 1825, 1826 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Henri Boulard (b. 1754) dies, leaving behind one of the greatest book collections in history, with a library containing more than half a million books.

New books

• A Father's Love and a Woman's Friendship - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
• Man of Refinement - R.P. Ward
• Der Mann im Mond - Wilhelm Hauff
• Moderation - Barbara Hofland
• Parents and Wives - Sarah Green
• The Rebels - Lydia Maria Child
• Tales of the O'Hara Family - John Banim & Michael Banim
• The Talisman - Sir Walter Scott

Poetry

• Felicia Hemans - The Forest Sanctuary
• Esaias Tegnér - Frithiol's Saga

Non-fiction

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Aids to Reflection
• William Hazlitt - The Spirit of the Age

Births

• February 18 - Mór Jókai (+ 1904)
• April 24 - RM Ballantyne (+ 1894)
• June 7 - Richard Doddridge Blackmore (+ 1900)

Deaths

• Henri Boulard, French literary figure

Awards