1884 in literature

See also: 1883 in literature, other events of 1884, 1885 in literature, list of years in literature. \n

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

\n*February 1 - Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. \n

New Books

\n*Controcorrente - Joris-Karl Huysmans\n*The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy\n*'I Say No' - Wilkie Collins\n*Ishmael. A Novel - Mary Elizabeth Braddon \n*The Ladies Lindores - Margaret Oliphant \n*Miss Bretherton - Mary Augusta Ward\n*A Mummer's Wife - George A. Moore\n*Ramona - Helen Hunt Jackson\n*A rebours - Joris-Karl Huysmans\n*Tommy Upmore - Richard Doddridge Blackmore\n*The Wizard's Son - Margaret Oliphant \n

Births

\n* January 2 - Oscar Micheaux, African-American author & filmmaker (+ 1951)\n* March 13 - Sir Hugh Walpole, novelist (+ 1941)\n* August 8 – Sara Teasdale, poet (d. 1933)

Deaths

\n* November 6 - William Wells Brown, African-American writer \n* April 11 - Charles Reade, English writer \n

Awards

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