1885 in literature
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See also: 1884 in literature, other events of 1885, 1886 in literature, list of years in literature.
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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 - Emile 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
