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Penny post begins
Queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert, who becomes Prince Consort.
Bronte, Charlotte
Branwell goes to be tutor to Postlethwaite children, Brughton-in-Furness: dismissed after three months. Anne governess to Robinsons at Thorp Green; Branwell becomes a railway clerk
Dickens, Charles
1840-1841: Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock (weekly) includes The Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge
Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop
Hardy, Thomas
Thomas Hardy born on 2 June
Shelley, Mary
Mary Shelley visits Europe again
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