1888 in literature
See also: 1887 in literature,
other events of 1888,
1889 in literature,
list of years in literature.
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Events
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\nNew Books
\n*Adrift In The Pacific - Jules Verne\n*Aspern papers - Henry James \n*L'Aveu, drame en un acte en prose - Sarah Bernhardt\n*The Boyhood of Christ - Lew Wallace\n*Confessions of a Young Man - George A. Moore \n*The Devil's Die - Grant Allen \n*The Fatal Three - Mary Elizabeth Braddon \n*John Marr and Other Sailors - Herman Melville\n*Looking Backward - Edward Bellamy\n*Maiwa's Revenge - H. Rider Haggard\n*Master of Ballantrae - Robert Louis Stevenson \n*Princess Casamassima - Henry James\n*Robbery Under Arms - Rolf Boldrewood\n*Robert Elsmere - Mary Augusta Ward\n*Spring Days--A Prelude to Don Juan - George A. Moore\n*The White Man's Foot - Grant Allen\n*A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder - James De Mille
Births
\n* January 24 - Vicki Baum, writer \n* April 26 - Anita Loos, novelist, screenwriter\n* October 16 - Eugene O'Neill, playwright\n* July 23 - Raymond Chandler, novelist, screenwriter\n* Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Australian illustrator\n* Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese writer
Deaths
\n* March 6 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist\n* April 15 - Matthew Arnold, poet \n* May 12 - Edward Lear, poet\n* August 9 - Charles Cros, French poet
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