1871 in literature
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| List of years in literature (table) |
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| … 1861 . 1862 . 1863 . 1864 . 1865 . 1866 . 1867 … 1868 1869 1870 -1871- 1872 1873 1874 … 1875 . 1876 . 1877 . 1878 . 1879 . 1880 . 1881 … In poetry: 1868 1869 1870 -1871- 1872 1873 1874 |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1868 . 1869 . 1870 - 1871 - 1872 . 1873 . 1874 … … 1840s . 1850s . 1860s -1870s- 1880s . 1890s . 1900s |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +... |
The year 1871 involved saw some significant events relevant to literature.
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[edit] New books
- Louisa May Alcott - Little Men
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Fenton's Quest
- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - The Coming Race
- Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking-Glass
- George Eliot - Middlemarch
- Henry James - Watch and Ward
- George Meredith - The Adventures of Harry Richmond
- Johanna Spyri - A Leaf on Vrony's Grave
- Mark Twain
- Jules Verne - A Floating City
- Émile Zola - La Fortune des Rougon
[edit] New drama
[edit] Non-fiction
[edit] Births
- March 27 - Heinrich Mann, narrator, dramatist and essayist (d. 1950)
- June 17 - James Weldon Johnson (d. 1938)
- July 3 - W. H. Davies, poet (d. 1940)
- July 10 - Marcel Proust, novelist (d. 1922)
- August 27 - Theodore Dreiser, novelist (d. 1945)
- September 27 - Grazia Deledda, (Italian) writer - Nobel prize winner (d. 1926)
- October 30 - Paul Valéry, French poet (d. 1945)
- November 1 - Stephen Crane, novelist (d. 1900)
- November 10 - Winston Churchill, American novelist (d. 1947)
[edit] Deaths
- February 12 - Alice Cary, poet (b. 1820)
- March 17 - Robert Chambers, Scottish writer, publisher (b. 1802)
- July 31 - Phoebe Cary, poet (b. 1824)
