 the year 1824 in literature involved some significant events and new books. ==events== * january 24 - first issue of the radical quarterly founded by jeremy bentham, the westminster review, is published in london. * february 9 - because of his family's dire financial straits, charles dickens, just turned 12, begins work in a blacking factory in london. on february 23 his father, john dickens, is committed to the marshalsea prison as a debtor. * february 15 - lord byron falls ill at missolonghi while taking part in the greek war of independence, dying of fever on april 19. * may 7 - premiÃ¨re of beethoven's symphony no. 9 (the "choral") at the theater am kÃ¤rntnertor in vienna, incorporating a setting of schiller's "ode to joy" (ode an die freude, 1785). * may 17 - the publisher john murray, together with five of lord byron's friends and executors, decides to destroy the manuscript of byron's memoirs (which he has been given to publish) because he considers the scandalous details would damage byron's reputation. opposed only by thomas moore, the two volumes of memoirs are dismembered and burnt in the fireplace at the john murray (publisher)'s office, 50 albemarle street in london. * june 21 - the vagrancy act in england provides for the prosecution of "every person wilfully exposing to view, in any street... or public place, any obscene print, picture, or other indecent exhibition". * julia catherine beckwith's st. ursulaâs convent or, the nun of canada; containing scenes from real life becomes the first novel published in canada by a native-born canadian (anonymously). * the united states literary gazette, a semi-monthly, begins publication. it publishes poetry by henry wadsworth longfellow and william cullen bryant, among many others. * the periodicals the children's friend and the child's companion both publish their first issues. ==new books== *william cardell - the story of jack halyard, the sailor boy *mary charlton - the homicide *lydia maria child - hobomok *james fenimore cooper (anonymously) - the pilot: a tale of the sea (publis
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