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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1905. ==Events== *January–September - L. Frank Baum's ''Animal Fairy Tales'' are published in ''The Delineator'' magazine. *January 5 - Baroness Emma Orczy's play ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', adapted by Julia Neilson and Fred Terry (who play the leads), makes its London debut at the New Theatre, followed shortly by publication of the novel. *January 16 - Neil Munro begins publishing his ''Vital Spark'' stories in the ''Glasgow Evening News''. *February - Upton Sinclair's novel ''The Jungle'' begins serialization in the American socialist newspaper ''Appeal to Reason''.〔Gottesman, Ronald. Introduction to Penguin Classics edition of the novel.〕 *July - Beatrix Potter becomes engaged to her editor Norman Warne; however, on August 25 he dies suddenly and unexpectedly of pernicious anemia. Soon afterwards she completes purchase of her English Lake District home, Hill Top. *October 13 - English actor-manager Sir Henry Irving collapses on stage in the role of Thomas Becket while on tour in Bradford, dying soon afterwards. *December 10 - O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi" is first published (as "Gifts of the Magi") in ''The New York Sunday World''. *The first of several chapters of ''I Am a Cat'' (吾輩は猫である) by Natsume Sōseki are published serially in ''Hototogisu''. *The group ''Noor-Eesti'' ("Young Estonia") is formed to promote the Estonian national awakening in language and literature. *The National Library of Thailand is created as the "Vajirayanana Library for the Capital City" in Bangkok through the merger of the Mandira Dharma Library, the Vajirayanana Library and the Buddhasasana Sangaha Library by royal decree. *22-year-old Belle da Costa Greene is appointed as librarian to J. P. Morgan in New York City. 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「1905 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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