1885 In Literature

Article Index for
1885 In

Website Links For
Literature

Information About

1885 In Literature

EVENTS

February 18 - Mark Twain 's '' The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn '' is published for the first time

May 19 - '' Revised Version '' Old Testament published.

NEW BOOKS

'' After London '' - Richard Jefferies

'' Bel-Ami '' - Guy De Maupassant

'' Diana Of The Crossways '' - George Meredith

'' Germinal '' - Émile Zola

'' Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn '' - Mark Twain

'' Jacques Vingtras '' - Jules Vallés

'' Marius The Epicurean '' - Walter Pater

'' Mathias Sandorf '' - Jules Verne

'' Prince Otto '' - Robert Louis Stevenson

'' Rise Of Sylas Lapham '' - William Dean Howells

'' She's All The World To Me '' - Hall Caine

'' A Tangled Tale '' - Lewis Carroll

'' The Shadow Of A Crime '' - Hall Caine

" King Solomon's Mines " – H. Rider Haggard

BIRTHS

February 7 - Sinclair Lewis , Novelist (+ 1951 )

March 6 - Ring Lardner , writer (+ 1933 )

September 11 - D.H. Lawrence , author (+ 1930 )

DEATHS

February 14 – Jules Vallés , French writer

April 8 - Susanna Moodie , English-born author of "''Canadiana''"

May 22 - Victor Hugo , French author

AWARDS