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| 1846 |
| | | After marrying secretly, the English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett go abroad to live in Florence | |
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| 1846 |
| | | The three Brontë sisters jointly publish a volume of their poems and sell just two copies | |
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| 1847 |
| | | English author William Makepeace Thackeray begins publication of his novel Vanity Fair in monthly parts (book form 1848) | |
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| 1847 |
| | | Charlotte becomes the first of the Brontë sisters to have a novel published — Jane Eyre | |
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| 1847 |
| | | Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes his first collection of poems, many of which have appeared first in The Dial | |
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| 1847 |
| | | William Hickling Prescott follows his great work on Mexico with a 2-volume History of the Conquest of Peru | |
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| 1847 |
| | | Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights follows just two months after her sister Charlotte's Jane Eyre | |
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| 1848 |
| | | Honoré de Balzac completes publication of La Comédie Humaine, a 17-volume collected edition of his numerous novels and stories | |
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| 1848 |
| | | Branwell, Emily and Anne Brontë die within a period of eight months | |
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| 1849 |
| | | Charles Dickens begins the publication in monthly numbers of David Copperfield, his own favourite among his novels | |
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