Events New Books Auriol - William Harrison Ainsworth Carmen - Prosper Mérimée The Chainbearer - James Fenimore Cooper The Corsican Brothers - Alexandre Dumas, père The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, père The Double - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Hillingdon Hall - Robert Smith Surtees Marie Antoinette - Alexandre Dumas, père The Mission, or Scenes in Africa - Frederick Marryat Queen Margot - Alexandre Dumas, père The Raven (poetry) - Edgar Allen Poe The Regent's Daughter - Alexandre Dumas, père Satanstoe - James Fenimore Cooper The Snowstorm: A Christmas Story - Catherine Gore Sybil - Benjamin Disraeli Births May 17 - Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (+ 1902) Deaths Awards