1868 in literature

See also: 1867 in literature, other events of 1868, 1869 in literature, list of years in literature. \n

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

\n*First edition of the World Almanac published \n

New Books

\n*Biarritz - Hermann Goedsche \n*Dead-Sea Fruit - Mary Elizabeth Braddon\n*Deep Down - RM Ballantyne\n*Haunted Lives - Sheridan Le Fanu\n*The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky\n*Little Meg's children - Hesba Stretton \n*Little Women - Louisa May Alcott \n*The Luck of Roaring Camp - Bret Harte\n*The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins\n*Robert Falconer - George MacDonald \n*Slaves of Paris - Emile Gaboriau

Births

\n* February 23 - W. E. B. Du Bois (+ 1963) \n* March 28 - Maxim Gorky, author (+ 1936)\n* May 6 - Gaston Leroux, author (+ 1927)\n* October 18 - Ernst Didring, Swedish writer (+ 1931) \n

Deaths

\n* June 18 - Charles Harpur, Australian poet

Awards

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