1876 in literature - Definition

See also: 1875 in literature, other events of 1876, 1877 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
• Chetwynd Calverley - William Harrison Ainsworth
• Clarel - Herman Melville
• Daniel Deronda - George Eliot
• A Gentle Creature - Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Joan - Rhoda Broughton
• The Leaguer of Lathom - William Harrison Ainsworth
• Martha - Joris-Karl Huysmans
• Off On A Comet - Jules Verne
• Michael Strogoff - Jules Verne
• Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott
• The Shadow of the Sword - Robert Buchanan
• The Three Brides - Charlotte Mary Yonge
• The Two Destinies - Wilkie Collins

Births

• January 12 - Jack London (+ 1916)
• April 13 - Sidney Bradshaw Fay (+ 1967)
• September 13 - Sherwood Anderson (+ 1941)
• November 1 - Anne de Noailles, French writer (d. 1933)

Deaths

• June 8 - George Sand, French novelist
• June 27 - Harriet Martineau, British writer

Awards