1862 in literature

See also: 1861 in literature, other events of 1862, 1863 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

\n* November 26 - Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell. \n

New Books

\n*David Elginbrod - George MacDonald \n* Dominique - Eugene Fromentin\n*Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev\n*Lady Audley's Secret - Mary Elizabeth Braddon \n*Les Misérables - Victor Hugo\n*No Name - Wilkie Collins \n*Ravenshoe - Henry Kingsley \n*Salammbo - Gustave Flaubert\n*Sister Philomene - Edmond & Jules de Goncourt

Births

\n* January 24 - Edith Wharton (+ 1937) \n* August 29 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet, playwright (+ 1949)\n* December 8 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (+ 1921)

Deaths

\n* May 6 - Henry David Thoreau

Awards

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