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7 unusual facts about 1888 in literature


Earth Revisited

Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888) was the most famous, popular, and influential of these; and Earth Revisited has been dismissively called "One of the stepchildren" of Bellamy's book.

Hard Tack and Coffee

Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller, and is now considered one of the most important books written by a Civil War veteran.

New Amazonia

The book's female narrator wakes up in the year 2472, much like Julian West awakens in the year 2000 in Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888).

Os Maias

It was largely written during his later residence in Bristol, and was first published in 1888.

The Chronic Argonauts

First published by the Royal College of Science in 1888, it is the first well-developed use of a machine constructed to travel through time (a "time machine") in science fiction, as it predates Wells's more famous time travelling novel, The Time Machine, by 7 years.

The Elect Lady

The Elect Lady is an 1888 novel by George MacDonald.

W. B. Yeats bibliography

1888 – Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry



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