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The famous opening line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's (anonymous) novel, Paul Clifford, published this year, begins: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the ...
William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, [1] [2] placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell.
In 1830, William IV succeeded his brother George IV as King of the United Kingdom. Upon his death in 1837, his 18-year-old niece, Princess Victoria . [ 11 ] Under Salic law , the Kingdom of Hanover passed to William's brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland , ending the personal union of Britain and Hanover which had existed since 1714 .
September 8 - Frédéric Mistral, French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature, a key figure in the literary félibrige movement, and one of two winners of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature for his contributions in literature and philology. October 18 - Helen Hunt Jackson (died 1885) American ...
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Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft was published on 14 September 1830, in time to take full advantage of the Christmas trade. From November 1830 copies were sold extra-illustrated with twelve engravings by George Cruikshank. Sales of the first edition were brisk enough to necessitate a second edition, published on 24 January 1831.
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