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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1817. ==Events== * January–March 18 - Jane Austen begins but abandons the novel ''Sanditon'' ("Three Brothers"). * February 12 - Junius Brutus Booth makes his stage debut in a title role in Shakespeare's ''Richard III'' at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London. * February 20 - Junius Brutus Booth as Iago plays opposite Edmund Kean in the title role of ''Othello'' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London.〔 * August 6 - Gas lighting is introduced on stage in London's West End theatre by The English Opera House (extended to the auditorium on September 8). On September 6 it is introduced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (where it is already installed in the auditorium and foyer) and the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (as a demonstration).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/1817-18.pdf )〕 * December - Publication together of Jane Austen's first and last completed novels, respectively ''Northanger Abbey'' and ''Persuasion'', by John Murray, dated 1818, six months after the author's death at Winchester. Her brother Henry Austen contributes a biographical note which for the first time publicly identifies her as the author of all her novels. * December 31 - Walter Scott's historical novel ''Rob Roy'', written from this Spring, is published anonymously by Archibald Constable in Edinburgh while a shipload is carried from Leith to London for simultaneous publication there by Longman. * J. & J. Harper publishing house is founded in New York City by James Harper and his brother John. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1817 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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