Events November 26 - Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell. New Books David Elginbrod - George MacDonald Dominique - Eugene Fromentin Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev Lady Audley's Secret - Mary Elizabeth Braddon Les Misérables - Victor Hugo No Name - Wilkie Collins Ravenshoe - Henry Kingsley Salammbo - Gustave Flaubert Sister Philomene - Edmond & Jules de Goncourt Births January 24 - Edith Wharton (+ 1937) August 29 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet, playwright (+ 1949) December 8 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (+ 1921) Deaths May 6 - Henry David Thoreau Awards