See also: 1897 in literature, other events of 1898, 1899 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1896 in literature, other events of 1897, 1898 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1898 in literature, other events of 1899, 1900 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

New books

• The Armourer's Prentices - Charlotte Mary Yonge
• The Cabin - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
• The Cruise of the Cachalot - Frank T.Bullen
• David Harum - Edward Noyes Westcott
• Elizabeth and Her German Garden - Elizabeth von Arnim
• Evelyn Innes - George Moore (novelist)
• Helbeck of Bannisdale - Mary Augusta Ward
• Il corsaro nero - Emilio Salgari
• La Cathedrale - Joris-Karl Huysmans
• Lin McLean - Owen Wister
• A Man from the North - Arnold Bennett
• The Open Boat and Other Tales - Stephen Crane
• Paris - Emile Zola
• Rough Justice - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• St. Ives - Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow - Jerome K. Jerome
• Tales of Unrest - Joseph Conrad
• The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
• The Uncalled - Paul Laurence Dunbar
• The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
• When Knighthood Was in Flower - Charles Major

Charlotte Mary Yonge (August 11, 1823 - May 24, 1901), was a English novelist, known for her huge output, mostly now out of print. ... Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (January 29, 1867 - January 28, 1928) was a Spanish novelist, screenwriter and sometime film director. ... Elizabeth von Arnim (August 31, 1866 - February 9, 1941) was a British novelist and, through marriage, a member of the German nobility. ... A portrait of George Moore by Édouard Manet George Augustus Moore (February 24, 1852 - January 21, 1933) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. ... Mary Augusta Ward Mary Augusta Ward (June 11, 1851 - March 26, 1920), was a 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. ... Joris-Karl Huysmans (born Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans, February 5, 1848 – May 12, 1907) was a French novelist. ... Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 - July 21, 1938) was an American writer of western novels. ... Arnold Bennett, British novelist Enoch Arnold Bennett (May 27, 1867-March 27, 1931) was a British novelist. ... This article needs cleanup. ... For other notable men with this name see: Stephen Crane (disambiguation). ... 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. ... Rough Justice was the debut single of The Rolling Stones 2005 album A Bigger Bang. ... 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. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a novelist, poet, and travel writer. ... Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a naturalized British novelist of Polish origin. ... The Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James. ... This article is about the writer; for the politician who was almost his contemporary see Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford. ... Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was a seminal African-American poet in the late 19th and early 20th century. ... Herbert George Wells Martian war machines loom over the Thames, in an illustration from War of the Worlds as printed in Pearsons Magazine, 1897 Spoiler warning: An early science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds (1898), by H.G. Wells, describes the fictional turn of the nineteenth century... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... When Knighthood Was in Flower is the debut novel of American author Charles Major written under the pseudonym, Edwin Caskoden. ...

Births

• February 6 - Melvin B. Tolson, poet
• May 23 - Scott O'Dell, children's author
• July 22 - Erich Maria Remarque (d. 1970)
• August 23 - George Papashvily, sculptor and author
• November 29 - C. S. Lewis (d. 1963)
• December 27 - W. C. Sellar, co-author of 1066 and All That

February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Melvin Beaunorus Tolson (February 6, 1898–August 29, 1966) was an American Modernist poet, educator, columnist, and politician. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... Scott ODell (May 23, 1898–October 15, 1989) was a childrens author who wrote 26 books for young readers, along with three adult novels and four nonfiction books. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Erich Remarque, about 1963. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... George Papashvily (August 23, 1898 - March 29, 1978) was a famous Georgian writer and sculptor. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Walter Carruthers Sellar (1898 - June 11, 1951) and Robert Julian Yeatman (1898 - July 13, 1968) were British humourists who wrote for Punch, and are best known for their book 1066 and All That (1930, ISBN 0413772705), a tongue-in-cheek guide to all the history you can remember. Sellar was...

Deaths

• January 14 - Lewis Carroll, children's author
• January 18 - Henry Liddell, co-compiler of Liddell & Scott's Greek-English Lexicon, still in use by classical scholars
• March 6 - Felice Cavalotti, politican and poet
• March 24 - George Thomas Stokes, church historian
• March 31 - Eleanor Marx, political writer and translator, daughter of Karl Marx
• May 22 - Edward Bellamy, novelist
• July 20 - Jean Ingelow, poet and novelist
• August 7 - Georg Ebers, novelist and discoverer of the "Ebers manuscript"
• August 17 - Sir William Fraser, Bt, politician, author and book collector
• September 9 - Stéphane Mallarmé, Symbolist poet
• September 20 - Theodor Fontane, novelist and poet
• September 29 - William Kingsford, historian
• December 10 - William Black, novelist

January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Photograph of Lewis Carroll taken by himself, with assistance Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was a British author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Very Rev. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... George Thomas Stokes (1843–1898) was an Irish ecclesiastical historian. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... Eleanor Marx (16th January 1855 – 31st March 1898) was a Marxist author and political activist. ... Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883 London, UK) was an influential German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmens Association. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850–May 22, 1898) was an American author, most famous for his utopian novel set in the year 2000, Looking Backward, published in 1888. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Jean Ingelow (March 17, 1820 - July 20, 1897), was an English poet and novelist. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Sir William Augustus Fraser, 4th Baronet (10 February 1826–17 August 1898), English politician, author and collector, was born the son of Sir James Fraser, a colonel of the 7th Hussars, who had served on Wellingtons staff at Waterloo. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Stéphane Mallarmé (March 18, 1842 – September 9, 1898) was a French poet and critic. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Theodor Fontane (December 30, 1819, Neuruppin - September 20, 1898, Berlin) was a German novelist and poet. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... William Kingsford (1819‑1898) was an English historian, born in London. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... William Black (1841 - 1898) was an author born in Glasgow, Scotland, November 13, 1841. ...

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