1884 in literature
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See also: 1883 in literature, other events of 1884, 1885 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- February 1 - Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
New books
- Controcorrente - Joris-Karl Huysmans
- The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy
- Flatland - Edwin Abbott Abbott
- I Say No - Wilkie Collins
- Ishmael. A Novel - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- The Ladies Lindores - Margaret Oliphant
- Miss Bretherton - Mary Augusta Ward
- A Mummer's Wife - George A. Moore
- Ramona - Helen Hunt Jackson
- À rebours - Joris-Karl Huysmans
- Tommy Upmore - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- The Wizard's Son - Margaret Oliphant
Births
- January 2 - Oscar Micheaux, African-American author & filmmaker (+ 1951)
- March 13 - Sir Hugh Walpole, novelist (+ 1941)
- August 8 – Sara Teasdale, poet (d. 1933)
- August 10 - Panait Istrati, Romanian novelist and short story writer (d. 1935)
- August 24 - Earl Derr Biggers, writer
Deaths
- November 6 - William Wells Brown, African-American writer
- April 11 - Charles Reade, English writer
Awards
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