See also: 1873 in literature, other events of 1874, 1875 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1872 in literature, other events of 1873, 1874 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1874 in literature, other events of 1875, 1876 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

New books

• L'Après-midi d'un faune - Stéphane Mallarmé
• Beauchamp's Career - George Meredith
• Cobwebs from an Empty Skull - Ambrose Bierce
• Les Diaboliques - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly
• Le drageoir aux epices - Joris-Karl Huysmans
• The Frozen Deep and Other Stories - Wilkie Collins
• Far From the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
• Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush Life - Anthony Trollope
• The Impending Sword - Edmund Yates
• Johnny Ludlow - Mrs. Henry Wood
• Lady Anna - Anthony Trollope
• Lost For Love - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne
• A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest - Amelia Edwards
• Other People's Money - Emile Gaboriau
• The Pirate City - RM Ballantyne
• Prudence Palfrey - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
• The Rising Sun - William Wells Brown
• A Rose in June - Margaret Oliphant
• The Temptation of Saint Anthony - Gustave Flaubert

Stéphane Mallarmé (March 18, 1842 – September 9, 1898) was a French poet and critic. ... George Meredith (February 12, 1828 - May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet. ... Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Meigs County, Ohio, USA – date of death uncertain, possibly December 1913 or early 1914, presumably in Mexico) was an American satirist, and critic, short story writer, editor and journalist. ... Barbey dAurevilly is buried alongside the castle of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte Jules Amédée Barbey dAurevilly (November 2, 1808 – April 23, 1889), was a French novelist. ... Joris-Karl Huysmans (born Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans, February 5, 1848 – May 12, 1907) was a French novelist. ... Categories: People stubs ... Far from the Madding Crowd is a novel by 19th century English novelist Thomas Hardy, published in 1874. ... Photograph of Hardy Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was a novelist and poet, generally regarded as one of the greatest figures in English literature. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ... Edmund Hodgson Yates (July 3, 1831 - May 20, 1894) was a novelist and dramatist, born at Edinburgh, held for some years an appointment in the General Post Office. ... Mrs. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ... Mary Elizabeth Braddon British novelist (1837 - 1915) . Mary Elizabeth Braddon (October 4, 1837 - February 4, 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist Born in London in England, Braddon was privately educated and worked as an actress for three years in order to able to support herself and her mother. ... Mysterious Island DVD Mysterious Island is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne. ... Jules Verne. ... Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards (7 June 1831 _ 15 April 1892) was an English novelist, journalist, lady traveller and Egyptologist. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... Émile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873), a French mystery writer, novelist, and journalist, one of the pioneers of modern detective fiction. ... 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. ... Thomas Bailey Aldrich (born 11th November 1836, died 19th March 1907) was a author born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. When he was but a child his father moved to New Orleans, but after ten years the boy was sent back to Portsmouth--the Rivermouth of several of his stories... Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884 abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. ... Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (April 4, 1828 - June 25, 1897), British novelist and historical writer, daughter of Francis Wilson, was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, Midlothian. ... Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ...

Births

• January 16 - Robert W. Service, poet (+ 1958)
• January 25 - William Somerset Maugham, (+ 1965)
• February 1 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, writer (+ 1929)
• February 3 - Gertrude Stein, writer and patron of the arts (+ 1946)
• February 9 - Amy Lowell, poet (+ 1925)
• February 11 - Elsa Beskow (Maartman), Swedish children's book/fairy tales author.
• March 20 - Börries von Münchhausen, poet (+ 1945)
• March 26 - Robert Frost, poet (+ 1963)
• May 29 - G. K. Chesterton (+ 1936)
• November 30 - Lucy Maud Montgomery

January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a poet born into a Scottish family while they were living in Preston, England. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Hugo von Hofmannsthal (February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929), was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946) was an American writer, poet, feminist, playwright, and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in France. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Cover of Time Magazine (March 2, 1925) Amy Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Elsa Beskow (née Maartman) (February 11, 1874 - June 30, 1953) was a Swedish author and illustrator of childrens books. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... Börries von Münchhausen (March 20, 1874 – March 16, 1945) was a German poet. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) is, in the estimation of many, the greatest American poet of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets writing in English in the 20th century. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... G.K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936) was an English writer of the early 20th century. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery, also known as simply L. M. Montgomery, (November 30, 1874–April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. ...

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