Editing 1840s (section)

=== Literature ===
* [[Charles Dickens]] publishes ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'', ''[[Barnaby Rudge]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit]]'', ''[[Dombey and Son]]'' and ''[[David Copperfield]]''.
* [[Nikolai Gogol]]'s ''[[Dead Souls]]'' (Russian: Мёртвые души, Myortvyje dushi) is published in 1842.
* [[Søren Kierkegaard]] publishes his philosophical book ''Enten ‒ Eller'' (''[[Either/Or (Kierkegaard book)|Either/Or]]'') in 1843.
* [[Alexandre Dumas]] publishes ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (''[[The Three Musketeers]]'') in 1844 and ''Le Comte de Monte-Cristo'' (''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'') in 1844/45.
* [[William Makepeace Thackeray]] publishes ''[[Vanity Fair (novel)|Vanity Fair]]'' in 1848.
* [[July 17]], [[1841]] – First edition of the humorous magazine ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' published in [[London]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The History of "Punch"|url=https://archive.org/details/historypunch04spiegoog|first=Marion Harry|last=Spielmann|year=1895|page=27}}</ref>
* [[1843]] – [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story ''[[The Tell-Tale Heart]]'' is first published.
* [[Hans Christian Andersen]] publishes well-known fairy tales, such as ''[[The Ugly Duckling]]'' (1843) and ''[[The Snow Queen]]'' (1844).
* [[January 29]], [[1845]] – "[[The Raven]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] is published for the first time (''[[New York Mirror|New York Evening Mirror]]''), earning him $10.
* [[1845]] – [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]] writes her ''[[Sonnets from the Portuguese]]'' (1845–1846).
* [[1845]] – [[Heinrich Hoffmann (author)|Heinrich Hoffmann]] publishes a book (''Lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder'') introducing his character [[Struwwelpeter]], in Germany.
* [[October 16]], [[1847]] – [[Charlotte Brontë]] publishes ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' under the pen name of Currer Bell.
* [[December 14]], [[1847]] – [[Emily Brontë]] and [[Anne Brontë]] publish ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' and ''[[Agnes Grey]]'', respectively, in a 3-volume set under the pen names of Ellis Bell and Acton Bell.
* [[1848]] – [[Elizabeth Gaskell]] publishes ''[[Mary Barton]]'' anonymously.