1791 in literature

See also: 1790 in literature, other events of 1791, 1792 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

Samuel Taylor Coleridge begins his course at Jesus College, Cambridge.

New Books

Life of Johnson - James Boswell
A Simple Story - Elizabeth Inchbald
The Rights of Man - Thomas Paine
Celestina - Charlotte Turner Smith

Births

March 15 - Charles Knight, publisher and author

Deaths

January 11 - William Williams Pantycelyn, hymn-writer and poet
March 2 - John Wesley

Awards

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