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Events relating to english literature
Henry James moves from London to Lamb House in Rye, Sussex, which remains his home for the rest of his life
H.G. Wells publishes his science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds, in which Martians arrive in a rocket to invade earth
Henry James publishes The Turn of the Screw in a collection of short stories
E. Nesbit publishes The Story of the Treasure Seekers, introducing the Bastable family who feature in several of her books for children
Joseph Conrad publishes his novel Lord Jim about a life of failure and redemption in the far East
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
Rudyard Kipling publishes his Just So Stories for Little Children
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
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
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
Joseph Conrad publishes his novel Nostromo, about a revolution in South America and a fatal horde of silver
Henry James publishes his last completed novel, The Golden Bowl
J.M Barrie's play for children Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up has its premiere in London
Under the pseudonym Saki, H.H. Munro publishes Reginald, his first volume of short stories
The Bloomsbury Group gathers for informal evenings at the family home of Virginia and Vanessa Stephens (later Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell)
Oscar Wilde's De Profundis, a letter of recrimination written in Reading Gaol to Lord Alfred Douglas, is published posthumously
Beatrix Potter buys Hill Top Farm, in Sawrey, where for nearly thirty years she breeds a local variety of sheep
