<Li> Søren Kierkegaard publishes his philosophical book Enten ‒ Eller (Either / Or) in 1843 . </Li> <Li> Alexandre Dumas publishes Les Trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers) in 1844 and Le Comte de Monte - Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo) in 1844 / 45 . </Li> <Li> William Makepeace Thackeray publishes Vanity Fair in 1848 . </Li> <Li> July 17, 1841--First edition of the humorous magazine Punch published in London . </Li>

Why did news travel more quickly in the united states in the 1840s