1860 in literature

Events

New Books

• Charles Demailly[?] - Edmond & Jules de Goncourt
• The Conduct of Life[?] - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The Dog Crusoe[?] - RM Ballantyne
• Evan Harrington[?] - George Meredith
• The Fall of the Alamo[?] - R.M. Potter[?]
• Hopes and Fears[?] - Charlotte Mary Yonge
• Kenneth[?] - Charlotte Mary Yonge
• La Dame de Montsoreau[?] - Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Marble Faun[?] - Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Max Havelaar[?] - Multatuli[?]
• The Mill on the Floss[?] - George Eliot
• Poor Rich[?] - Mór Jókai[?]
• The Woman in White[?] - Wilkie Collins

Births

• January 29 - Anton Chekhov (+ 1904)
• February 11 - Rachilde[?] (Marguerite Vallette-Eymery), French author (+ 1953)
• May 9 - J. M. Barrie, novelist and dramatist (+ 1937)
• September 14 - Hamlin Garland[?] (+ 1940)
• October 23 - Molly Elliot Seawell[?] (+ 1916)

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Awards