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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1749. ==Events== * February - The second part of John Cleland's erotic novel ''Fanny Hill'' (''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'') is published in London. The author is released from debtor's prison in March. The Church of England asks the Secretary of State to "stop the progress of this vile Book, which is an open insult upon Religion and good manners." In November, Cleland is arrested and charged with "corrupting the King's subjects." * February 28 - Henry Fielding's comic novel ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'' is published in London by Andrew Millar who pays the author £700. It reaches its 4th edition by the end of the year. Also this year, Fielding becomes magistrate at Bow Street, and first enlists the help of the Bow Street Runners, an early police force. * April 12 - Official opening of the circular Radcliffe Library in Oxford, designed by James Gibbs. * Sarah Fielding's novel ''The Governess, or Little Female Academy'', generally seen as the first school story, is published in London. * Élie Catherine Fréron's journal ''Lettres de la comtesse de...'' is suppressed but he immediately replaces it by ''Lettres sur quelques écrits de ce temps''. * Oliver Goldsmith graduates from Trinity College, Dublin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1749 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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