1879 in literature
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See also: 1878 in literature, other events of 1879, 1880 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- The Rabelais Club founded in London, holding a literary dinner once every two months. High-profile members included novelists Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Bret Harte, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Walter Besant, and George Du Maurier.
New books
- Beau Nash - William Harrison Ainsworth
- The Begum's Fortune - Jules Verne
- The Cloven Foot - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Daisy Miller - Henry James
- The Egoist - George Meredith
- The Fallen Leaves - Wilkie Collins
- Jack and Jill: A Village Story - Louisa May Alcott
- John Caldigate - Anthony Trollope
- Kings in Exile - Alphonse Daudet
- The Red Room - August Strindberg
- Roda Rummet - August Strindberg
- A Rogue's Life - Wilkie Collins
- Les Soeurs Vatard - Joris-Karl Huysmans
- Vixen - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Births
- January 1 - E.M. Forster (d. 1970)
- April 14 - James Branch Cabell, (d. 1958)
- October 2 - Wallace Stevens, poet (d. 1955)
- December 24 - Émile Nelligan, poet (d. 1941)
Deaths
- February 11 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author
- October 31 - Jacob Abbott, writer
