1886 in literature
See also: 1885 in literature, other events of 1886, 1887 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- The Bostonians – Henry James
- Clipper Of The Clouds – Jules Verne
- The Danvers Jewels – Mary Cholmondeley
- The Death of Ivan Ilyich – Leo Tolstoy
- The Death of the Body – C.K. Stead
- Disperato – Leon Bloy
- Doctor Cupid – Rhoda Broughton
- A Drama in Muslin – George A. Moore
- Eva Futura – Philippe Villiers
- The Evil Genius – Wilkie Collins
- Felix Holt, the Radical – George Eliot
- The Guilty River – Wilkie Collins
- Indian Summer – William Dean Howells
- Jo's Boys – Louisa May Alcott
- Little Lord Fauntleroy – Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Mayor of Casterbridge – Thomas Hardy
- Robur The Conqueror – Jules Verne
- A Romance of Two Worlds – Marie Corelli
- A Son of Hagar – Hall Caine
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra – Friedrich Nietzsche
Births
- January 14 – Hugh Lofting, author (+ 1947)
- September 8 – Siegfried Sassoon
- September 20 – Charles Williams, British author and member of the Inklings
Deaths
Awards
Categories: 1886 books