1734 in literature

This article is a summary of the major literary events and publications of 1734. Events January – Le Cabinet du Philosophe, a new periodical by Pierre de Marivaux, is unsuccessfully launched; it is discontinued in April. June 10 – Copies of Voltaire's Lettres philosophiques sur les Anglais (Letters on the English) are burned, and a warrant is issued for the author's arrest. November – George Faulkner begins publication of an edition of Jonathan Swift's Works in Dublin with a corrected text. Manoel da Assumpcam begins writing his grammar of the Bengali language. Göttingen State and University Library is established. New books Fiction Pierre de Marivaux – Le Paysan parvenu (The Fortunate Peasant) part one