1866 in literature
See also: 1865 in literature,
other events of 1866,
1867 in literature,
list of years in literature.
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Events
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\n*L'Affaire Clemenceau - Alexandre Dumas, fils \n*Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood - George MacDonald\n*Armadale - Wilkie Collins\n*Chandos - Ouida \n*Cradock Nowell - Richard Doddridge Blackmore \n*Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky\n*Felix Holt, The Radical - George Eliot\n*The Gambler - Fyodor Dostoevsky\n*Hereward the Wake - Charles Kingsley\n*Kapalkundala - Bankim Chatterjee \n*The Lerouge Affair - Emile Gaboriau \n*Miss Ravenel's Conversion - John William De Forest\n*The Negro in the American Rebellion - William Wells Brown\n*Surry of Eagle's-Nest - John Esten Cooke\n*Les Travailleurs de la Mer - Victor Hugo
Births
\n* January 29 - Romain Rolland, Nobel Prize winning author, (+ 1944)\n* July 28 - Beatrix Potter, Children's author (+ 1943)\n* September 7 - Tristan Bernard, writer (+ 1947)\n* September 21 - H. G. Wells, science fiction novelist (+ 1946)
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