1876 in literature

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

• 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
• Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott
• The Shadow of the Sword - Robert Buchanan
• The Three Brides - Charlotte Mary Yonge
• The Two Destinies - Wilkie Collins

• January 12 - Jack London (+ 1916)
• April 13 - Sidney Bradshaw Fay (+ 1967)
• September 13 - Sherwood Anderson (+ 1941)

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