1869 in literature

September 2024 none 1869 literature poetry This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1869. Events thumbnail|right|upright=0.8| Edwin Booth as Hamlet, 1887 by Oliver Ingraham Lay February 3 – Booth's Theatre opens on Manhattan with the owner, Edwin Booth, playing the male lead in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.Mark Twain Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 3: 1869 https://books.google.com/books?id=yigfUdvWfkYC&pg=PA205 28 July 1992 University of California Press 978-0-520-90608-2 205 May 10 – As a protest against her drama school having been closed down by the Russian authorities, Swedish-born actress Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm delivers the lines in her next performance, Aleksis Kivi's Lea, in the Finnish language, the first time it has been spoken in the public theatre in Finland. May 22 – Serial publication of Anthony Trollope's novel He Knew He Was Right concludes and it appears in London as the first book to include a fictional private investigator, ex-policeman Samuel Bozzle. Super R. H. The chronicler of Barsetshire : a life of Anthony Trollope University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor 1990 9780472081394 241 August Ambrose Bierce, writing a satirical column for the San Francisco News Letter, begins to produce the cynical definitions which will eventually become The Devil's Dictionary.Bierce, Ambrose. "The Town Crier," San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser, 14 Aug. 1869, p. 11; reprinted in The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi, eds.; Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2000, pp. xv-xvi. Macmillan Publishing opens its first American office in New York City, headed by George Edward Brett.The New York Chronology: The Ultimate Compendium of Events, People, and Anecdotes from the Dutch to the Present James Trager 154 October 5 – Model, poet and artist Elizabeth Siddal (d. 1862) is exhumed by Charles Augustus Howell at Highgate Cemetery in London in order to recover the manuscript of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Poems buried with her.Jeremy Cooper Victorian and Edwardian Decor: From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau https://books.google.com/books?id=HZMXAQAAMAAJ 1998 Abbeville Press 978-0-7892-0446-2 118 December – Publication of Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace («Война и миръ», Voyna i mir) complete in book form concludes. It is printed in Moscow and sold by the author on subscription.R. Eden Martin The Original War and Peace Caxtonian Caxton Club 20 7 July 2012 1–5 http://www.caxtonclub.org/reading/2012/jul12.pdf 2015-10-21 unknown dates – Eiríkur Magnússon and William Morris publish their first translations of Old Icelandic sagas into English: Grettis Saga: The Story of Grettir the Strong (from Grettis saga) and The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-tongue and Raven the Skald (from Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu). New books Fiction Thomas Bailey Aldrich – The Story of a Bad Boy Aldrich Thomas The story of a bad boy University of New Hampshire Press Hanover, NH 1990 9780874517941 Ignacio Manuel Altamirano – Clemencia (debut novel)http://compartiendografias.blogspot.com/2016/01/resena-clemencia-de-ignacio-manuel.html Reseña: Clemencia de Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Spanish Summary: Clemencia by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Compartiendo grafias June 1, 2019 Horatio Alger, Jr. – Luck and PluckHahn 2015, p. 15 R. M. Ballantyne – Erling the Bold R. D. Blackmore – Lorna Doone Cooper Robert The literary guide & companion to southern England Ohio University Press Athens, Ohio 1998 9780821412251 306 Fyodor Dostoyevsky – The Idiot (Идіотъ)Morson Gary Saul 2009 Return to Process: The Unfolding of The Idiot New Literary History 40 4 843–865 10.1353/nlh.0.0114 40666450 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40666450 3 January 2021 subscription Alexandre Dumas, père – The Knight of Sainte-Hermine (Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine, unfinished; first published 2005) Gustave Flaubert – Sentimental Education (L'Éducation sentimentale) Schwab Gail The French Revolution of 1789 and its impact Greenwood Press Westport, Conn 1995 9780313293399 159 Émile Gaboriau – Monsieur LecoqR. Bonnoit Émile Gaboriau ou la Naissance du Roman Policier Librairie Philosophique J Vrin 1985 150 Ivan Goncharov – The Precipice (Обрыв) Edmond and Jules de Goncourt – Madame Gervaisais Victor Hugo – The Man Who Laughs (L'Homme qui rit) Sheridan Le Fanu – The Wyvern Mystery Nikolai Leskov – Old Years in Plodomasovo («Ста′рые го′ды в селе′ Плодома′сове» published serially in Russkiy Vestnik) Joaquim Manuel de Macedo – A Luneta Mágica (The Magical Glasses) Bosi Alfredo História concisa da literatura brasileira Editora Cultrix São Paulo 2018 9788531601897 130 pt Hector Malot – Romain Kalbris Malot Hector Romain Kalbris Hachette jeunesse Paris 1992 9782010195655 Florence Montgomery – MisunderstoodJohn Juliet The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Literary Culture 2016 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-959373-6 619 https://books.google.com/books?id=lVpnDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA619 en Charles Reade – Foul Play Capt. Hawley Smart – Breezie Langton Hesba Stretton – Alone in London Leo Tolstoy – War and Peace Anthony Trollope (serial publication concludes and book publication) He Knew He Was Right Phineas Finn (2nd of the Palliser novels) Charlotte M. Yonge – The Chaplet of Pearls Children and young people Louisa May Alcott – Good WivesHahn 2015, pp. 12-13 Frances Freeling Broderip Tales of the Toys told by ThemselvesHahn 2015, p. 95 The Daisy and her Friends: Tales and Stories for Children Juliana Horatia Ewing – Mrs. Overtheway's RemembrancesHahn 2015, p. 190 Jean Ingelow – Mopsa the FairyHahn 2015, p. 301 A. D. T. Whitney – Hitherto Drama Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson – Sigurd Slembe (Sigurd the Bastard, trilogy, first performed, in Germany) François Coppée – Le Passant Navalram Pandya – Veermati Mendele Mocher Sforim – Di Takse (The Tax, unperformed) Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin – Scenes from the Past Poetry Henry Kendall – Leaves from Australian Forests Non-fiction Matthew Arnold – Culture and Anarchy Arnold Matthew Culture and anarchy and other writings Cambridge University Press Cambridge New York, NY 1993 9780521377966 vi P. T. Barnum – Struggles and Triumphs Josephine Butler (editor) – Women's Work and Women's Culture Warren Felt Evans – The Mental Cure, illustrating the influence of the Mind on the Body William Ewart Gladstone – Juventus Mundi: The gods and men of "the heroic" age John Stuart Mill – The Subjection of Women John Neal — Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life: An Autobiography Sears Donald A. John Neal Twayne Publishers Boston, Massachusetts 1978 080-5-7723-08 145 Anthony Trollope – On English Prose Fiction as a Rational Amusement Mark Twain – The Innocents Abroad Richard Wagner – Das Judenthum in der Musik (Jewishness in Music) Garnet Wolseley – Soldier’s Pocket-book for Field Service Births January 10 – Rachel Davis Harris, African American librarian (died 1969) January 15 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter and architect (died 1907) February 8 – Victor Ido, born Hans van de Wall, Dutch East Indian journalist, novelist and playwright (died 1948) February 11 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German-born poet, playwright and short story writer (died 1945) March 11 F. G. Loring, English writer and naval officer (died 1951) Rosa Louise Woodberry, American journalist and educator (died 1932) March 14 – Algernon Blackwood, English writer (died 1951)31913 Blackwood, Algernon Henry May 23 – Olivia Ward Bush-Banks, American poet (died 1944) June 10 – Arthur Shearly Cripps, English-born poet, short story writer and Anglican priest in Africa (died 1952) July 1 – William Strunk, Jr., American professor of English (died 1946) July 8 – William Vaughn Moody, American dramatist and poet (died 1910) July 29 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist (died 1946) August 10 – Laurence Binyon, English poet and dramatist (died 1943)Binyon, Laurence 3 September 6 – Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (died 1945) McColl Sandra Music criticism in Vienna, 1896-1897: critically moving forms Clarendon Press Oxford University Press Oxford New York 1996 9780198165644 27 October 6 – Bo Bergman, Swedish poet (died 1967)World Biography Institute for Research in Biography 1954 91 November 15 – Charlotte Mew, English poet (died 1928)Warner, Val, ed. Collected Poems and Selected Prose of Charlotte Mews. New York: Routledge, 2003, p. ix. November 20 – Zinaida Gippius, Russian writer (died 1945) November 22 – André Gide, French writer (died 1951) Sheridan Alan André Gide: a life in the present Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts 1999 9780674035270 7 December 22 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (died 1935)Smith Danny D. Biography of Edwin Arlington Robinson http://www.earobinson.com/pages/HisLife.html A Virtual Tour of Robinson's Gardiner, Maine Gardiner Public Library December 4, 2021 live https://web.archive.org/web/20121002041548/http://www.earobinson.com/pages/HisLife.html October 2, 2012 December 30 – Stephen Leacock, English-born Canadian humorist and economist (died 1944) Deaths January 20 – Carl Wilhelm Göttling, German classical commentator (born 1793)Göttling, Karl Wilhelm 1905 January 28 – Sophie Bolander, Swedish writer (born 1807)https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=17900 Sophie C M Bolander - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon sok.riksarkivet.se January 30, 2019 sv January 30 Frances Catherine Barnard, English writer (born 1796) William Carleton, Irish writer (born 1794) February 15 – Ghalib, Indian poet (born 1796) February 28 – Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician (born 1790) Carruth Gorton The Encyclopedia of World Facts and Dates HarperCollins New York 1993 9780062700124 492 March 31 – David Rees (Y Cynhyrfwr), Nonconformist leader and author (born 1801)s-REES-DAV-1801 Rees, David (1801-1869), Congregational minister, and editor John Dyfnallt Owen 1959 4 December 2021 May 16 – Giovanni Peruzzini, Italian poet, opera librettist, and translator of German literature (born 1815)John Black 2002 Peruzzini, Giovanni Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O005160 May 18 – Peter Cunningham, British literary scholar and antiquarian (born 1816) July 7 – Paul Botten-Hansen, Norwegian librarian, book collector, magazine editor and literary critic (born 1824) http://www.selhistorie.no/selsverket/generelt/paul_botten-hansen.html Paul Botten-Hansen 1824–1869 selhistorie.no March 1, 2018 July 11 – William Jerdan, Scottish-born editor (born 1782) July 15 – Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker, German publisher (born 1781) July 19 – Victor Aimé Huber, German travel writer and literary historian (born 1800) July 22 – Julius Braun, German historian (born 1825) August 2 – Thomas Medwin, English poet, biographer and translator (born 1788) September 12 – Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (born 1779) October – John Jones (Talhaiarn), poet (born 1810)s-JONE-JOH-1810 Jones, John (Talhaiarn; 1810-1869), architect and poet David Gwenallt Jones 1959 4 December 2021 October 13 – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (b. 1804) LastName FirstName Gateway to the Great Books : Ten-volume Set Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc Chicago 1990 9781593392215 62 October 18 – Simon Jenko, Slovene poet (born 1835)September 2024 November 3 – Andreas Kalvos, Greek Romantic poet and dramatist (born 1792) November 12 – Gheorghe Asachi, Moldavian polymath (born 1788)ro Cărăbuș, Gheorghe Gabriel http://atlas.usv.ro/www/codru_net/CC10/Asachi.pdf Asachi – un separatist avant la lettre 15 September 2024 198 Notes Hahn Daniel The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature 2015 Oxford University Press New York, NY 9780198715542 Second References 30em External links Published 1869 Books at Goodreads 1869 Books at Goodreads