This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1877.
Events
January 24 – Émile Zola's L'Assommoir (sometimes translated as "The Dram Shop"), 7th in his novel sequence Les Rougon-Macquart, is first published in book format a few weeks after conclusion of its serialization in Le Bien public (Paris). It sells more than 50,000 copies by the end of the year.
February 24–March 17 – Robert Louis Stevenson's first published work of fiction, the novella "An Old Song", appears anonymously in four episodes in the magazine London.
November 24 – Anna Sewell's novel Black Beauty, his grooms and companions: the autobiography of a horse "translated from the equine" is published by Jarrolds of Norwich in England. Her only book, published five months before her death arising from long-standing illness, it rapidly establishes its position as an all-time best-seller, going on to sell fifty million copies[4] and becoming the sixth best seller in the English language.[5]
^Stenbock-Fermor, Elizabeth (1975). The Architecture of Anna Karenina. B.R. Grüner. ISBN1588116751.
^Johannsen, Albert (1950). "Wheeler, Edward L."The House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels: the story of a vanished literature. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Libraries. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
