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Alexander Pushkin publishes his play, Boris Godunov.Russian censors did not approve of its staging until 1866. It is considered a masterpiece.
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Carnaval expresses Schumann's love for two women through a collection of short piano solo pieces.
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The Voyage of Life series depicts four stages of a man’s life and serves as a Christian allegory set in a Romantic backdrop.
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Edgar Allen Poe published The Raven and other famous poems.Poe is the creator of the modern short story and also one of the first writers to become a major world figure in literature as an American.
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Polish composer Frédéric Chopin completes his last piece in a series of polonaises, composed for solo piano.
