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1897 in literature
See also:
1896 in literature
,
other events of 1897
,
1898 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
January 2
- Newspapers in
London
,
England
erroneously report the death of
Mark Twain
. It is believed that the rumors began when Twain's cousin had become ill. Twain makes his famous statement "the report of my death was an exaggeration."
New Books
The Beth Book[?]
-
Sarah Grand[?]
Captains Courageous
-
Rudyard Kipling
The Christian[?]
-
Hall Caine
Cyrano de Bergerac
-
Edmond Rostand
Dariel[?]
-
Richard Doddridge Blackmore[?]
Dear Faustina[?]
-
Rhoda Broughton
The Descendant[?]
-
Ellen Glasgow[?]
Dracula
-
Bram Stoker
The Evolution of the Idea of God[?]
-
Grant Allen
The Invisible Man
-
H. G. Wells
Jerome[?]
-
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman[?]
Liza of Lambeth
-
W. Somerset Maugham
The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'[?]
-
Joseph Conrad
A Night in Acadie[?]
-
Kate Chopin
What Maisie Knew[?]
-
Henry James
The Whirlpool[?]
-
George Gissing[?]
The Wooing of Malkatoon[?]
-
Lew Wallace
Births
September 25
:
William Faulkner
Deaths
March 7
-
Harriet Ann Jacobs[?]
, African-American writer
June 25
-
Margaret Oliphant[?]
, writer
Awards
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