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