1870 in literature
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Luke Fildes – The Empty Chair (engraving). Fildes, the illustrator for Edwin Drood at the time of Charles Dickens's death, shows Dickens's empty chair in his study at Gads Hill Place. It appears in the Christmas edition of The Graphic and thousands of prints of it are sold.
1902 in literature
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1870 in literature
…February 16 – Henric Streitman, Romanian essayist and journalist (died 1950) March 5 – Frank Norris, American novelist (died 1902) April 7 – Gustav Landauer, German philosopher and revolutionary (murdered 1919…
The cover of the first trade edition
Émile Zola in 1902