1862 in literature
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See also: 1861 in literature, other events of 1862, 1863 in literature, list of years in literature.
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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 - Eugène 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)
- October 13 - Mary Kingsley, travel writer (+ 1900)
- December 8 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (+ 1921)