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Alfred, Lord Tennyson becoms a pet laureate
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses. -
In France, Victor Hugo publishes Les Miserables
Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title, which can be translated from the French as The Miserables, -
Lewis Carroll publishes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
