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Overview of the events of 1750 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1750 .
Anonymous
The Adventures of Mr. Loveill, interspers'd with many real amours of the modern polite world
The Nominal Husband, or, Distress'd Innocence
Revived Fugitive: a novel, translated from the French
Henry Brooke – A New Collection of Fairy Tales
John Cleland –
Fanny Hill (official and expurgated)
Sarah Fielding (attributed) – The History of Charlotte Summers
Edward Kimber – The Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson
Charlotte Lennox – The Life of Harriot Stuart
Robert Paltock – The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins
Sarah Scott – The History of Cornelia
January 7 –
Robert Anderson , Scottish critic (died
1803 )
June 13 –
James Burney , English rear-admiral and naval writer (died
1821 )
September 5 –
Robert Fergusson , Scottish poet writing in
Braid Scots (died
1774 )
October 21 –
Juraj Fándly , Slovak non-fiction writer, entomologist and priest (died
1811 )
October 31 –
Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna , Portuguese noblewoman, painter, and poet (died
1839 )
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unknown date –
Henrietta Maria Bowdler , English author and expurgator (died
1830 )