1860 in literature
See also: 1859 in literature, other events of 1860, 1861 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- June 9 – Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter becomes the first dime novel to be published.
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
- 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)
Deaths
Awards
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