1860 in literature
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See also: 1859 in literature, other events of 1860, 1861 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- June 9 - Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter becomes the first dime novel to be published.
New books
- Charles Demailly - Edmond & Jules de Goncourt
- The Conduct of Life - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Dog Crusoe - RM Ballantyne
- Evan Harrington - George Meredith
- The Fall of the Alamo - R.M. Potter
- Hopes and Fears - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Kenneth - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- The Marble Faun - Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Max Havelaar - Multatuli
- The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
- Poor Rich - Mór Jókai
- The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
Births
- January 29 - Anton Chekhov (+ 1904)
- February 11 - Rachilde (Marguerite Vallette-Eymery), French author (+ 1953)
- May 9 - J. M. Barrie, novelist and dramatist (+ 1937)
- September 14 - Hamlin Garland (+ 1940)
- October 23 - Molly Elliot Seawell (+ 1916)