1884 in literature

Events

• February 1 - Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

New Books

• Controcorrente[?] - Joris-Karl Huysmans
• 'I Say No'[?] - Wilkie Collins
• Ishmael. A Novel[?] - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• The Ladies Lindores[?] - Margaret Oliphant[?]
• Miss Bretherton[?] - Mary Augusta Ward
• A Mummer's Wife[?] - George A. Moore
• Ramona[?] - Helen Hunt Jackson[?]
• A rebours[?] - Joris-Karl Huysmans
• Tommy Upmore[?] - Richard Doddridge Blackmore[?]
• The Wizard's Son[?] - Margaret Oliphant[?]

Births

• January 2 - Oscar Micheaux, African-American author & filmmaker (+ 1951)
• March 13 - Sir Hugh Walpole[?], novelist (+ 1941)

Deaths

• November 6 - William Wells Brown[?], African-American writer
• April 11 - Charles Reade, English writer

Awards