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Events relating to literature
Thomas Mann's first novel, Buddenbrooks, brings him immediate success
Beatrix Potter publishes at her own expense The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Rudyard Kipling's experiences of India are put to good use in his novel Kim
Frank Norris publishes The Octopus, the first of a projected trilogy of novels set in Southern California
Edith Wharton's publishes her first full-length novel, The Valley of Decision
Rudyard Kipling publishes his Just So Stories for Little Children
US philosopher William James publishes his influential book The Varieties of Religious Experience
Helen Keller's The Story of My Life begins publication in serial form
The play Cathleen ni Houlihan, by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, fosters Irish nationalism
Rudyard Kipling moves to Bateman's in Sussex, his home for the rest of his life
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is published commercially, a year after being first printed by Beatrix Potter at her own expense
John Masefield's poem 'Sea Fever' is published in Salt-Water Ballads
Maxim Gorky's play The Lower Depths is performed at the Moscow Art Theatre
Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles begins publication in serial form
Henry James publishes the first of his three last novels, The Wings of the Dove
Joseph Conrad publishes a collection of stories including Heart of Darkness, a sinister tale based partly on his own journey up the Congo
US author Jack London publishes a novel, The Call of the Wild, in which a huge pet dog has alarming adventures
Gertrude Stein leaves the USA to share with her brother an apartment in Paris that soon becomes a literary and artistic salon
Erskine Childers has a best-seller in The Riddle of the Sands, a thriller about a planned German invasion of Britain
Henry James publishes The Ambassadors, the second of his three last novels written in rapid succession
British philosopher G.E. Moore publishes Principia Ethica, an attempt to apply logic to ethics
US author W.E.B. Du Bois publishes his first collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folk
The Pit, the second volume of an uncompleted trilogy by US novelist Frank Norris, is published posthumously
Anton Chekhov's last play, The Cherry Orchard, is staged by Stanislavsky just a few months before the author's death
J.M. Synge's play Riders to the Sea has its premiere at the Molesworth Hall in Dublin
