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Publication and First-Day Sales
- When
- 1814
- Where
- London
Lord Byron's verse tale The Corsair was published in London by John Murray in 1814, achieving immediate commercial success.
The work was published in London by John Murray in 1814. It was extremely popular, selling ten thousand copies on its first day of sale. This rapid sales figure established the poem as a highly popular literary event within the Romantic movement.
Sources
- The Corsair Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09
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