1879 in literature
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See also: 1878 in literature, other events of 1879, 1880 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- The Rabelais Club is 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
- April 30 - Sarah Hale, poet and journalist
- October 31 - Jacob Abbott, writer
Awards
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "1879_in_literature" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1879_in_literature, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
