1877 in literature

See also: 1876 in literature, other events of 1877, 1878 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

New Books

• Assommoir - Emile Zola
• L'Atlàntida - Jacint Verdaguer
• Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
• Buffalo Bill Trails the Devil Head - Ned Buntline
• Carità - Margaret Oliphant
• Chandrasekhar - Bankim Chatterjee
• The Dance of Death - Ambrose Bierce
• Is He Popenjoy - Anthony Trollope
• Rajani - Bankim Chatterjee
• The Settler and the Savage - RM Ballantyne
• Under the Lilacs - Louisa May Alcott
• The Underground City - Jules Verne

Births

• July 2 - Hermann Hesse (+ 1962)
• August 27 - Lloyd C. Douglas (+ 1951)
• October 7 - Katherine Jones Bellaman (+ 1956)

Deaths

• October 16 - Theodore Barrière, dramatist

Awards