1871 in literature
See also: 1870 in literature, other events of 1871, 1872 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- The Adventures of Harry Richmond – George Meredith
- The Coming Race – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
- The Descent of Man – Charles Darwin
- Eye Openers – Mark Twain
- Fenton's Quest – Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- La Fortune des Rougon – Emile Zola
- A Leaf on Vrony's Grave – Johanna Spyri
- Little Men – Louisa May Alcott
- Middlemarch – George Eliot
- Screamers – Mark Twain
- Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll
- Watch and Ward – Henry James
Births
- March 27 – Heinrich Mann, narrator, dramatist and essayist (+ 1950)
- June 17 – James Weldon Johnson (+ 1938)
- July 10 – Marcel Proust (+ 1922)
- August 27 – Theodore Dreiser (+ 1945)
- September 27 – Grazia Deledda, (Italian) writer – Nobel prize winner, (1926)
- November 1 – Stephen Crane (+ 1900)
Deaths
- March 17 – Robert Chambers, Scottish writer, publisher
Awards
Categories: 1871 books