See also: 1856 in literature, other events of 1857, 1858 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1855 in literature, other events of 1856, 1857 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1857 in literature, other events of 1858, 1859 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• Charles Dickens publishes the final installment of Little Dorritt.

Charles Dickens used his rich imagination, sense of humour and detailed memories, particularly of his childhood, to enliven his fiction. ... Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. ...

New books

• Barchester Towers - Anthony Trollope
• The Confidence-Man - Herman Melville
• The Coral Island - RM Ballantyne
• The Dead Secret - Wilkie Collins
• The Hasheesh Eater - Fitz Hugh Ludlow
• Les Fleurs du Mal (poetry) - Charles Baudelaire
• John Halifax, Gentleman - Dinah Maria Mulock (later "Dinah Craik")
• Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
• Married or Single? - Catharine Maria Sedgwick
• The Professor - Charlotte Brontë
• The Romany Rye - George Borrow
• To Be or Not to Be - Hans Christian Andersen
• Tom Brown's Schooldays - Thomas Hughes
• The Two Aristocracies - Catherine Gore
• Ungava: a Tale of Eskimo Land - RM Ballantyne
• The Virginians - William Makepeace Thackeray

Barchester Towers is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1857. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ... Herman Melvilles novel The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, published in 1857, portrays a Canterbury Tales-style group of steamboat passengers whose interlocking stories are told as they travel up the Mississippi River. ... Herman Melville Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, and poet. ... RM Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 - February 8, 1894), Scottish fiction writer, Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, Scotland he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. ... Categories: People stubs ... The Hasheesh Eater is an autobiographical book by Fitz Hugh Ludlow, first published in 1857. ... Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as Fitzhugh Ludlow, (September 11, 1836 – September 12, 1870) was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best-known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857). ... Les Fleurs du Mal (literal trans. ... Charles Baudelaire, photograph taken by Nadar. ... Dinah Maria Craik (nee Dinah Maria Mulock) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887), was an English novelist and poet. ... Madame Bovary book cover Madame Bovary is a novel by Gustave Flaubert that raised a scandal when it was first published in 1857 and is now seen to stand at the beginning of the modern realistic novel. ... Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880), French novelist who is counted among the greatest Western novelists, known especially for his first published novel Madame Bovary, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style, best exemplified by his endless search for le mot juste (the... Catharine Maria Sedgwick, born December 28, 1789 – died July 31, American novelist. ... The Professor is a common genaric name for fictional characters who fill the role of doctors, scientists, or mad scientists. ... Charlotte Brontë - idealized portrait, 1873 (based on a drawing by George Richmond, 1850) Charlotte Brontë (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest of the trio of Brontë sisters whose novels have become enduring classics of English literature. ... George Henry Borrow (1803-1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe. ... Hans Christian Andersen. ... Tom Browns Schooldays, first published in 1857, is a novel by Thomas Hughes, set at a public school, Rugby School for Boys, in the 1830s when Hughes himself had been a student there. ... A statue of Thomas Hughes at Rugby School For the recipient of the Victoria Cross see Thomas Hughes, VC Thomas Hughes (October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author. ... Mrs. ... RM Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 - February 8, 1894), Scottish fiction writer, Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, Scotland he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. ... William Makepeace Thackeray (July 18, 1811 – December 24, 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. ...

Births

• December 3 - Joseph Conrad (+ 1924)
• February 23 - Margaret Deland (+ 1945)
• November 22 - George Gissing (+ 1903)

December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a naturalized British novelist of Polish origin. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... George Gissing (November 22, 1857 - December 28, 1903) was a British novelist. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ...

Deaths

• May 2 - Alfred de Musset, novelist and poet
• June 8 - Douglas William Jerrold, British writer
• August 3 - Eugène Sue, novelist

May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... tomb of Alfred de Musset in Le Père Lachaise cemetery. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... Douglas William Jerrold (January 3, 1803 - June 8, 1857), was an English dramatist and writer. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... -1...

Awards