1900 in literature

Events

• Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Dreiser named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

• Jack London's novel Call of the Wild is published. In 2001, the book would be listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

• Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad is published. In 2001, the book would be one of four books by Conrad to be on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

New Books

• Baa Baa, Black Sheep - Rudyard Kipling
• Call of the Wild - Jack London
• Eleanor - Mary Augusta Ward
• Il Fuoco (The Flame of Life) - Gabriele D'Annunzio
• The Heart's Highway - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
• The Infidel - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad
• The Master Christian - Marie Corelli
• Monsieur Beaucaire - Booth Tarkington
• Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser
• Three Men on the Bummel - Jerome K. Jerome
• Whilomville Stories - Stephen Crane
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Births

• November 8 - Margaret Mitchell (+ 1949), American writer.

Deaths

• January 20 - Richard Doddridge Blackmore (b. 1825), English writer.
• June 5 - Stephen Crane (b. 1871), American writer.
• August 25 - Friedrich Nietzsche (b. 1844), German philosopher.

Awards

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