1825 in literature
Encyclopedia
The year 1825 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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.
Fiction
- John BanimJohn BanimJohn Banim , was an Irish novelist, short story writer, dramatist, poet and essayist, sometimes called the "Scott of Ireland." He also studied art, working as a painter of minatures and portraits, and as a drawing teacher, before dedicating himself to literature.-Early life:John Banim was born in...
& Michael BanimMichael Banim-Works:He assisted John in the O'Hara Tales, where he used the name "Abel O'Hara," and there is difficulty in allocating their respective contributions. While John was the more experienced writer, Michael provided material based on his social observations...
- Tales of the O'Hara Family - Lydia Maria Child - The Rebels
- Sarah Green - Parents and Wives
- Wilhelm HauffWilhelm HauffWilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist.-Early life:Hauff was born in Stuttgart, the son of August Friedrich Hauff, a secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs, and Hedwig Wilhelmine Elsaesser Hauff...
- Der Mann im Mond - Barbara HoflandBarbara HoflandBarbara Hofland was an English writer of some 66 didactic, moral stories for children, and of schoolbooks and poetry.-Life:...
- Moderation - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - A Father's Love and a Woman's Friendship
- Sir Walter ScottWalter ScottSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....
- The Betrothed
- The Talisman
- R. P. Ward - Man of Refinement
Non-fiction
- Thomas MooreThomas MooreThomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death...
- Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley SheridanMemoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley SheridanMemoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an 1825 biography written by Thomas Moore about the life of the playwright and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan . It was published after nine years work, on and off, and had been delayed by a legal dispute over the use of Sheridan's papers... - Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla...
- Aids to Reflection - William Hazlitt - The Spirit of the Age
New drama
- Harriet LeeHarriet LeeHarriet Lee was a novelist and playwright.Born the daughter of actor John Lee, Harriet Lee grew up in an artistic family. In 1786 she published The Errors of Innocence, an epistolary novel...
- The Three Strangers - Alexander Pushkin - Boris GodunovBoris Godunov (drama)Boris Godunov is a play by Alexander Pushkin. It was written in 1825, published in 1831, but not approved for performance by the censor until 1866. Its subject is the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar from 1598 to 1605. It consists of 25 scenes and is written predominantly in blank...
(published 1831, but staged only in 1866)
Poetry
- Felicia HemansFelicia Hemans-Ancestry:Felicia Heman's paternal grandfather was George Browne of Passage, co. Cork, Ireland; her maternal grandparents were Elizabeth Haydock Wagner of Lancashire and Benedict Paul Wagner , wine importer at 9 Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool. Family legend gave the Wagners a Venetian origin;...
- The Forest Sanctuary - Esaias TegnérEsaias TegnérEsaias Tegnér , was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek language, and bishop. He was during the 19th century regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epos Frithjof's Saga. He has been called Sweden's first modern man...
- Frithiol's Saga
Births
- January 11 - Bayard TaylorBayard TaylorBayard Taylor was an American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author.-Life and work:...
, poet (d. 1878) - February 18 - Mór JókaiMór JókaiMór Jókai , born Móric Jókay de Ásva , outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.-Early life:...
, Hungrian dramatist and novelist (d. 1904) - April 24 - RM BallantyneRobert Michael BallantyneR. M. Ballantyne was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company...
, juvenile fiction writer (d. 1894) - June 7 - R. D. BlackmoreR. D. BlackmoreRichard Doddridge Blackmore , referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world...
, novelist (d. 1900) - July 2 - Richard Henry StoddardRichard Henry StoddardRichard Henry Stoddard was an American critic and poet.-Biography:Richard Henry Stoddard was born on July 2, 1825, in Hingham, Massachusetts. His father, a sea-captain, was wrecked and lost on one of his voyages while Richard was a child, and the lad went in 1835 to New York City with his mother,...
, critic and poet (d. 1903) - Date unknown
- Jeanette GranbergJeanette GranbergJeanette Granberg, as married Stjernström, as a pseudonym Georges Malméen, , was a Swedish writer, a playwright, a feminist and a translator, who wrote plays for mainly the theatre Mindre teatern in Stockholm in the mid-19th century. She was praised as a great dramatic by her contemporaries...
, Swedish playwright (d. 1857)
- Jeanette Granberg