See also: 1894 in literature, other events of 1895, 1896 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1893 in literature, other events of 1894, 1895 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1895 in literature, other events of 1896, 1897 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• Oscar Wilde introduces his new drama, The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. ... The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic Comedy-of-Manners by Oscar Wilde. ...

New books

• Almayer's Folly - Joseph Conrad
• The Altar Of The Dead - Henry James
• The British Barbarians - Grant Allen
• The Brushwood Boy - Rudyard Kipling
• Chronicles of Martin Hewitt - Arthur Morrison
• The Coming of Theodora - Eliza Orne White
• En Route - Joris-Karl Huysmans
• I misteri della jungla nera - Emilio Salgari
• Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
• Lilith - George MacDonald
• Master and Man - Leo Tolstoy
• The Queen in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers
• Quo Vadis? - Henryk Sienkiewicz
• The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane
• Rose of Dutcher's Coolly - Hamlin Garland
• Scylla or Charybdis? - Rhoda Broughton
• The Second Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
• Sons of Fire - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• The Sorrows of Satan - Marie Corelli
• The Time Machine - H. G. Wells
• The Woman Who Did - Grant Allen

Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a naturalized British novelist of Polish origin. ... This article is about the writer; for the politician who was almost his contemporary see Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford. ... Grant Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) was a scientific writer and novelist; an able upholder of the evolution doctrine and an expounder of Darwinism. ... Rudyard Kipling, British author Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... This biographical article needs to be wikified. ... En Route (Unterwegs) is a 2004 German film written and directed by Jan Krüger. ... Joris-Karl Huysmans (born Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans, February 5, 1848 – May 12, 1907) was a French novelist. ... Emilio Salgari (born Verona, August 21, 1862, died Torino, April 25, 1911), was a writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction in Italy. ... Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardys novels, first published as a novel in 1895. ... 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. ... George MacDonald (December 10, 1824 – September 18, 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. ... A short work by Leo Tolstoy in which a land owner takes along one of his peasants for a short journey to another town. ... Lev Tolstoy, pictured late in life Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy   listen? (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910; August 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910, O.S.) was a Russian novelist, social reformer, pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian, moral thinker and an influential member... Robert W. Chambers (May 26, 1865 - December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer. ... Quo vadis is a Latin phrase meaning Where do you go?. It is used as proverbial phrase from the Bible (John 16:5). ... Henryk Sienkiewicz Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (pronounce: [γεnrik ɕenkieviʧ]) (May 5, 1846 - November 15, 1916) was a Polish novelist, one of the outstanding writers of the second half of the 19th century. ... The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a short novel (or a long short story) by Stephen Crane about the meaning of courage, as it is discovered by Henry Fleming, a young recruit in the Civil War. ... For other notable men with this name see: Stephen Crane (disambiguation). ... Hamlin Hannibal Garland (born September 14, 1860 in West Salem, Wisconsin; died March 4, 1940 in Hollywood, California) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. ... Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ... Embossed cover from the original MacMillan edition of The Second Jungle Book, 1895, based on art by John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyards father) The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. ... Rudyard Kipling, British author Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... 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. ... Marie Corelli (1855 - 1924), novelist. ... The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same name. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... The Woman Who Did (1895) is a novel by Grant Allen about a young, self-assured middle-class woman who defies convention as a matter of principle and who is fully prepared to suffer the consequences of her actions. ... Grant Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) was a scientific writer and novelist; an able upholder of the evolution doctrine and an expounder of Darwinism. ...

Births

• February 28 - Marcel Pagnol, novelist
• March 29 - Ernst Jünger, author (+ 1998)
• April 23 - Ngaio Marsh, novelist
• May 9 - Lucian Blaga, poet and philosopher
• May 19 - Charles Sorley, war poet (d. 1915)
• June 16 - Warren Lewis, historian, brother of C. S. Lewis and Inkling
• July 14 - F. R. Leavis, critic
• July 24 - Robert Graves, writer (+ 1985)
• September 21 – Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
• October 17 - C. H. B. Kitchin, novelist
• October 31 - Basil Liddell Hart, military historian (d. 1970)
• November 1 - David Jones, poet and artist
• November 16 - Michael Arlen, novelist and short story writer (d. 1956)
• December 1 - Henry Williamson, Tarka the Otter author
• December 14 - Paul Éluard, Surrealist poet
• date unknown - Vivian de Sola Pinto, poet, memoirist, historian, etc.

February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Marcel Pagnol (February 28, 1895 - April 18, 1974) was a French novelist, playwright and filmmaker. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... Ernst Jünger as a soldier in World War I Ernst Jünger, Juenger or Junger in English, (March 29, 1895 – February 17, 1998) was a German author of novels and accounts of his war experiences. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... Ngaio Marsh DBE (b. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... Lucian Blaga (May 9, 1895 - May 6, 1961) Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... Charles Hamilton Sorley (May 19, 1895 - October 13, 1915) was a British poet of World War I. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he was educated, like Siegfried Sassoon, at Marlborough College (1908-1913). ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... Warren Hamilton Lewis (June 16, 1895-April 9, 1973) was the brother of noted British professor and author C. S. Lewis, and served as his secretary for the later years of C. S. Lewiss life. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar, born into a Protestant family in Belfast, though mostly resident in England. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... Frank Raymond Leavis (July 14, 1895 - April 14, 1978) was an influential British literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth century. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Portrait of Robert Graves (circa 1974) by Rab Shiell Robert von Ranke Graves (July 24, 1895–December 7, 1985) was an English scholar, best remembered for his work as a poet and novelist. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... Sergei Yesenin Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin, sometimes spelled Esenin (Russian: Сергей Александрович Есенин; September 21, 1895 (Old Style) – December 27, 1925) was a famous Russian lyrical poet. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin (1895-1967) was a British novelist of the early twentieth century. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... Basil Henry Liddell Hart (October 31, 1895 - January 29, 1970) was a military historian who is considered to have greatly influenced the development of armoured warfare in the 20th century, and strategic theory. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... David Jones (1895-1974) was both an artist and one of the most important first generation British modernist poets. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... Michael Arlen (November 16, 1895 - June 23, 1956) was an Armenian novelist and short story writer who had his greatest successes in the 1920s while living and writing in England. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Williamson (December 1, 1895 - August 13, 1977), prolific English author known for his natural and social history novels. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Paul Éluard was the nom de plume of Eugène Grindel (December 14, 1895 – November 18, 1952), a French poet who was active in the Dada and Surrealist movements. ... Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895 - 1969) was a British poet, literary critic and historian. ...

Deaths

• January 15 - Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion
• April 3 - Gustav Freytag, novelist and dramatist]]
• August 5 - Friedrich Engels, socialist writer
• November 4 - Eugene Field, children's author
• November 27 - Alexandre Dumas, fils

January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Lady Charlotte Guest, nee Bertie (May 19, 1812 - January 15, 1895), is an important figure in the history of the Welsh language. ... The Mabinogion is a collection of prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Gustav Freytag (July 13, 1816 - April 3, 1895) was a German dramatist and novelist. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... Friedrich Engels Friedrich Engels (November 28, 1820–August 5, 1895) was a 19th-century German political philosopher. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Eugene Field, American writer Eugene Field (September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) American writer, best known for poetry for children and for humorous essays. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... Alexandre Dumas, fils (July 27, 1824 – November 27, 1895) was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père, who followed in his fathers footsteps becoming a celebrated author and playwright. ...

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