1869 in literature
See also: 1868 in literature, other events of 1869, 1870 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- Alone in London – Hesba Stretton
- The Chaplet of Pearls – Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Culture and Anarchy — Matthew Arnold
- Erling the Bold – RM Ballantyne
- Good Wives – Louisa May Alcott
- The Knight of Sainte-Hermine — Alexandre Dumas, père
- L'Homme Qui Rit – Victor Hugo
- The Innocents Abroad – Mark Twain
- Leaves from Australian Forests (poetry) – Henry Kendall
- Lorna Doone – Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Luck and Pluck – Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Madame Gervaisais – Edmond de Goncourt & Jules de Goncourt
- Monsieur Lecocq – Emile Gaboriau
- Phineas Finn – Anthony Trollope
- Romain Kalbris – Hector Malot
- A Sentimental Education – Gustave Flaubert
- Struggles and Triumphs – P. T. Barnum
- War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
- The Wyvern Mystery – Sheridan Le Fanu
Births
- March 14 – Algernon Blackwood, writer (+ 1951)
- July 29 – Booth Tarkington (+ 1946)
- August 10 – Lawrence Binyon, poet and scholar (+ 1943)
- November 22 – André Gide, author (+ 1951)
- December 30 – Stephen Leacock
Deaths
Awards
Categories: 1869 books