1825 in literature
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The year 1825 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

• Henri Boulard (b. 1754) dies, leaving behind one of the greatest book collections in history, with a library containing more than half a million books.

New books

Fiction

• John Banim & Michael Banim - Tales of the O'Hara Family
• Lydia Maria Child - The Rebels
• Sarah Green - Parents and Wives
• Wilhelm Hauff - Der Mann im Mond
• Barbara Hofland - Moderation
• Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - A Father's Love and a Woman's Friendship
• Sir Walter Scott
  • The Betrothed
  • The Talisman
• R. P. Ward - Man of Refinement

Nonfiction

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Aids to Reflection
• William Hazlitt - The Spirit of the Age

New drama

• Harriet Lee - The Three Strangers
• Alexander Pushkin - Boris Godunov (published 1831, but staged only in 1866)

Poetry

• Felicia Hemans - The Forest Sanctuary
• Esaias Tegnér - Frithiol's Saga

Births

• February 18 - Mór Jókai (+ 1904)
• April 24 - RM Ballantyne (+ 1894)
• June 7 - Richard Doddridge Blackmore (+ 1900)

Deaths

• Henri Boulard, French literary figure

Awards