1880 in literature
See also: 1879 in literature,
other events of 1880,
1881 in literature,
list of years in literature.
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Events
\n*Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi is published in Italy.
New Books
\n*Ayala's Angels - Anthony Trollope\n*Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace \n*The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky\n*The Demon Of Cawnpore - Jules Verne\n*Heidi's Formative Years - Johanna Spyri\n*Jezebel's Daughter - Wilkie Collins\n*Moths - Ouida \n*Nana - Emile Zola\n*Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi\n*Second thoughts - Rhoda Broughton \n*A Tramp Abroad - Mark Twain\n*Workers in the Dawn - George Gissing\n*Democracy: An American Novel - Henry Adams (published anonymously)
Births
\n*February 21 - Waldemar Bonsels, writer (+ 1952)\n*March 13 - Frank Thiess, writer (+ 1977)\n*March 30 - Sean O'Casey, dramatist (+ 1964)\n*June 17 - Carl Van Vechten, writer (+ 1964)\n*November 6 - Robert Musil, novelist (+ 1942)
Deaths
\n* July 7 - Lydia Child, writer, activist\n* December 22 - George Eliot, author
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