1827 in literature
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Events
- Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860) publishes the first of the "Peter Parley" juvenile novels that would continue until 1860.
New Books
- Book of Songs (poetry) - Heinrich Heine
- Herzog Theodor von Gotland (play) - Christian Dietrich Grabbe
- Hope Leslie - Catharine Maria Sedgwick
- Intrigue - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
- I Promessi sposi (The Betrothed) - Alessandro Manzoni
- 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
- The Wolf of Badenoch - Sir Thomas Dick Lauder
Births
- April 10 - Lewis Wallace (+ 1905)
- June 12 - Johanna Spyri (+ 1901)
Deaths
- August 12 - William Blake, poet
