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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1855. ==Events== *January - Samuel Orchart Beeton's weekly ''The Boys' Own Magazine'' ("an illustrated journal of fact, fiction, history and adventure") begins publication in London. *January 5 - Anthony Trollope's novel ''The Warden'', the first of his ''Chronicles of Barsetshire'', is published in London by Longman. *June 29 - ''The Daily Telegraph'' newspaper begins publication in London. *July 4 - In Brooklyn, New York, Walt Whitman's first edition of his book of poems titled ''Leaves of Grass'' is published. *September 27 - Alfred Tennyson reads from his new book ''Maud and other poems'' at a social gathering in the home of Robert and Elizabeth Browning in London; Dante Gabriel Rossetti makes a sketch of him doing so. *October - Victor Hugo moves to Hauteville House in Saint Peter Port on Guernsey in the Channel Islands. *December * *Charles Dickens publishes the first instalment of ''Little Dorrit'' (continuing into 1857). * *Thomas Babington Macaulay's best-selling ''History of England'' in four volumes is completed.〔 〕 *Alexander Afanasyev begins publication of his collection of Russian Fairy Tales (Народные Русские Сказки, ''Narodnye russkie skazki''). *John Camden Hotten opens a bookselling business in London, origin of the publisher Chatto & Windus. *This is a notable year in Luxembourg literature: the first Luxembourg novel in French, ''Marc Bruno, profil d'artiste'', is published shortly after the death of its author, Félix Thyes (born 1830); and the comedy ''De Scholtschäin'', by Edmond de la Fontaine writing as Dicks, becomes the first play to be performed in the Luxembourgish language. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1855 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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