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3 unusual facts about 1846 in literature


Canção do exílio

The poem was published in Dias' book Primeiros Cantos (First Chants), in 1846.

Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu

It appeared again later in the same year under the title "Catherine Lescault, conte fantastique." It was published in Balzac's Études philosophiques in 1837 and was integrated into the La Comédie humaine in 1846.

Typee

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1846) is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, a classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842.



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