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HTML

<a id="prevPage" href="#">Prev. Page</a>
<br />
<a id="nextPage" href="#">Next Page</a>

JavaScript

$(document).on('keydown', function (event) {
    if (event.which == 37) {
        $('#prevPage').trigger('click');
    } else if (event.which == 39) {
        $('#nextPage').trigger('click');
    }
});
$('#prevPage').on('click', function () { alert('PREV!'); return false; });
$('#nextPage').on('click', function () { alert('NEXT!'); return false; });