About 12,000 novels were published in 1940 in the United States.
Zee Edgell is a writer who has published four novels and many short stories. She was born in Belize City in 1940.
"The Old Man and the Sea" was published in 1952. "A Farewell to Arms" was published in 1929.
There were a total of 7 novels initially published in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.
This article gives a good idea of the number of novels published annually, broken down in various ways: http://workproduct.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/how-many-novels-are-published-each-year/. The author doesn't specify what percentage of these is first novels, but his article will get you part of the way there: if you can find that percentage elsewhere, and multiply, you'll have your answer. - JimmyKalash
Charlotte Bronte published four novels: "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," "Villette," and "The Professor."
He is recorded to have written 37works of fiction, presumably novels, 2 of which werenot published as novels but made into films. Another three of his published novels were also made into films. He also wrote 8 non-fiction books.
The Jedi Quest novels were published by Scholastic.
J.R.R. Tolkien's novels, including "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," were published by George Allen & Unwin.
"Horton Hatches the Egg" by Dr. Seuss was first published in 1940.
Jane Austen was born in December of 1775. She began writing very young. Her first published novels were begun in 1796. She was first published in 1811, and she died in 1817, having seen four of her novels published. Two others were published soon after she died. The period of the novels was contemporary with their writing.
in 1940
1940