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1879 in literature
See also:
1878 in literature
,
other events of 1879
,
1880 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
The
Rabelais Club[?]
founded in
London, England
, holding a literary dinner once every two months. High-profile members included novelists
Henry James
,
Thomas Hardy
,
Bret Harte
, and
Oliver Wendell Holmes
,
Walter Besant[?]
, and
George Du Maurier
.
New Books
Beau Nash[?]
-
William Harrison Ainsworth
The Begum's Fortune[?]
-
Jules Verne
The Cloven Foot[?]
-
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Daisy Miller[?]
-
Henry James
The Egoist[?]
-
George Meredith
The Fallen Leaves[?]
-
Wilkie Collins
Jack and Jill: A Village Story[?]
-
Louisa May Alcott
John Caldigate[?]
-
Anthony Trollope
Kings in Exile[?]
-
Alphonse Daudet
The Red Room[?]
-
August Strindberg
Roda Rummet[?]
-
August Strindberg
A Rogue's Life[?]
-
Wilkie Collins
Les Soeurs Vatard[?]
-
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Vixen[?]
-
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Births
January 1
-
E.M. Forster
(+
1970
)
April 14
-
James Branch Cabell
, (+
1958
)
Deaths
February 11
-
Willem J van Zeggelen[?]
, Dutch author
October 31
-
Jacob Abbott
, writer
Awards
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