1886 in literature

See also: 1885 in literature, other events of 1886, 1887 in literature, list of years in literature.

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

Events

New Books

• The Bostonians[?] - Henry James
• Clipper Of The Clouds[?] - Jules Verne
• The Danvers Jewels[?] - Mary Cholmondeley[?]
• The Death of Ivan Ilyich[?] - Leo Tolstoy
• The Death of the Body[?] - C.K. Stead[?]
• Disperato[?] - Leon Bloy[?]
• Doctor Cupid[?] - Rhoda Broughton
• A Drama in Muslin[?] - George A. Moore
• Eva Futura[?] - Philippe Villiers[?]
• The Evil Genius[?] - Wilkie Collins
• Felix Holt, the Radical[?] - George Eliot
• The Guilty River[?] - Wilkie Collins
• Indian Summer[?] - William Dean Howells
• Jo's Boys[?] - Louisa May Alcott
• Little Lord Fauntleroy - Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Mayor of Casterbridge[?] - Thomas Hardy
• Robur The Conqueror[?] - Jules Verne
• A Romance of Two Worlds[?] - Marie Corelli
• A Son of Hagar[?] - Hall Caine
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson

Births

• January 14 - Hugh Lofting, author (+ 1947)
• Charles Williams, British author
• September 8 - Siegfried Sassoon

Deaths

Awards