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Encyclopedia > 1880 in literature

See also: 1879 in literature, other events of 1880, 1881 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1878 in literature, other events of 1879, 1880 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1880 in literature, other events of 1881, 1882 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

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Pinocchio (Le Avventure di Pinocchio) is a childrens tale by Carlo Collodi published in serial form in 1880 and in book form in 1883 in Italy, which has come to be a classic; it has been filmed over twenty times. ... Carlo Lorenzini (November 24, 1826 _ October 26, 1890), better known as Carlo Collodi, or simply Collodi, was an Italian writer and journalist. ...

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Percy Greg (1836-1889), son of William Rathbone Greg, was an English writer. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882) became one of the most successful and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ... Categories: Literature stubs | 1880 books | Roman novels ... Lew Wallace Lewis Lew Wallace (April 10, 1827–February 15, 1905) was an American Civil War general, U.S. statesman and author, who is probably best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur. ... Dostoevskys notes for chapter 5 of The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы in Russian) is generally considered the greatest novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky and the culmination of his lifes work. ... Fyodor Dostoevsky. ... Jules Verne. ... Endymion is also a science-fiction novel by Dan Simmons, part of the Hyperion Cantos tetralogy. ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (December 21, 1804 – April 19, 1881) was a British statesman and author. ... Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), was an author. ... Categories: People stubs ... mile Zola (April 2, 1840 - September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. ... Pinocchio (Le Avventure di Pinocchio) is a childrens tale by Carlo Collodi published in serial form in 1880 and in book form in 1883 in Italy, which has come to be a classic; it has been filmed over twenty times. ... Carlo Lorenzini (November 24, 1826 _ October 26, 1890), better known as Carlo Collodi, or simply Collodi, was an Italian writer and journalist. ... Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ... George Gissing (November 22, 1857 - December 28, 1903) was a British novelist. ... Democracy: An American Novel was written by Henry Adams and published anonymously in 1880. ... Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 - March 27, 1918) was a U.S. historian, journalist and novelist. ...

Births

February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Waldemar Bonsels (21 February 1880 - 31 July 1952) was a German writer of childrens books. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Sean OCasey Sean OCasey (March 30, 1880 - September 18, 1964) was a major Irish dramatist and memorist. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Photographic self-portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... Robert Musil (November 6, 1880, Klagenfurt, Austria - April 15, 1942, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Austrian writer, author of the unfinished trilogy The Man Without Qualities (in German, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), one of the most important modernist novels. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Deaths

July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Lydia Maria Child (February 11, 1802, Medford - July 7, 1880, Wayland) was an American abolitionist, novelist, and journalist. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, born August 22, 1812 – died September 23, 1880, was an English literary critic and authoress. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880), was an English novelist. ...

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