1878 in literature

See also: 1877 in literature, other events of 1878, 1879 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

New Books

• Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
• Beatrice Tyldesley[?] - William Harrison Ainsworth
• The Haunted Hotel[?] - Wilkie Collins
• An Open Verdict[?] - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives[?] - Harriet Beecher Stowe
• The Primrose Path[?] - Margaret Oliphant[?]
• The Return of the Native[?] - Thomas Hardy
• Sans Famille[?] - Hector Malot[?]

Births

• January 6 - Carl Sandburg, poet, historian (+ 1967)
• January 12 - Ferenc Molnár[?], writer (+ 1952)
• September 20 - Upton Sinclair (+ 1968)

Deaths

• April 25 - Anna Sewell, author

Awards