1879 in literature

See also: 1878 in literature, other events of 1879, 1880 in literature, list of years in literature. \n

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

\n* The Rabelais Club 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

\n*Beau Nash - William Harrison Ainsworth\n*The Begum's Fortune - Jules Verne\n*The Cloven Foot - Mary Elizabeth Braddon \n*Daisy Miller - Henry James\n*The Egoist - George Meredith\n*The Fallen Leaves - Wilkie Collins\n*Jack and Jill: A Village Story - Louisa May Alcott\n*John Caldigate - Anthony Trollope\n*Kings in Exile - Alphonse Daudet\n*The Red Room - August Strindberg\n*Roda Rummet - August Strindberg \n*A Rogue's Life - Wilkie Collins\n*Les Soeurs Vatard - Joris-Karl Huysmans \n*Vixen - Mary Elizabeth Braddon \n

Births

\n*January 1 - E.M. Forster (d. 1970)\n*April 14 - James Branch Cabell, (d. 1958)\n*December 24 - Émile Nelligan, poet (d. 1941)

Deaths

\n* February 11 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author\n* October 31 - Jacob Abbott, writer \n

Awards

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