1905 in literature

Events

• The House of Mirth[?] by Edith Wharton is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Ms. Wharton named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

New Books

• A Diary from Dixie[?] - Mary Boykin Chesnut[?]
• Heretics[?] - G. K. Chesterton
• The House of Mirth[?] - Edith Wharton
• The Invasion of the Sea[?] - Jules Verne
• King Leopold's Soliloquy[?] - Mark Twain
• Kipps[?] - H.G. Wells
• The Lake[?] - George A. Moore
• The Lighthouse at the End of the World[?] - Jules Verne
• A Little Boy Lost[?] - W. H. Hudson[?]
• The Marriage of William Ashe[?] - Mary Augusta Ward
• Orthodoxy[?] - G. K. Chesterton
• The Saint[?] - Antonio Fogazzaro
• The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
• A Waif's Progress[?] - Rhoda Broughton
• Where Angels Fear to Tread - E.M. Forster
• White Fang[?] - Jack London

Births

• January 31 - John O'Hara, writer (+ 1970)
• February 2 - Ayn Rand, author (+ 1982)
• February 7 - Paul Nizan[?], author (+ 1940)
• February 11 - Elizabeth Vuyk[?], Dutch/Indonesian writer.
• May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg[?], Dutch poet
• December 21 - Anthony Powell, British novelist, (+ 2000)

Deaths

• March 25 - Jules Verne, author
• September 18 - George MacDonald, author

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Henryk Sienkiewicz