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See also: 1904 in literature, other events of 1905, 1906 in literature, list of years in literature. Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards Events The House of Mirth[?] by Edith Wharton is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Ms. Wharton named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library. New Books A Diary from Dixie[?] - Mary Boykin Chesnut[?] Heretics[?] - G. K. Chesterton The House of Mirth[?] - Edith Wharton The Invasion of the Sea[?] - Jules Verne King Leopold's Soliloquy[?] - Mark Twain Kipps[?] - H.G. Wells The Lake[?] - George A. Moore The Lighthouse at the End of the World[?] - Jules Verne A Little Boy Lost[?] - W. H. Hudson[?] The Marriage of William Ashe[?] - Mary Augusta Ward Orthodoxy[?] - G. K. Chesterton The Saint[?] - Antonio Fogazzaro The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy A Waif's Progress[?] - Rhoda Broughton Where Angels Fear to Tread - E.M. Forster White Fang[?] - Jack London Births January 31 - John O'Hara, writer (+ 1970) February 2 - Ayn Rand, author (+ 1982) February 7 - Paul Nizan[?], author (+ 1940) February 11 - Elizabeth Vuyk[?], Dutch/Indonesian writer. May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg[?], Dutch poet December 21 - Anthony Powell, British novelist, (+ 2000) Deaths March 25 - Jules Verne, author September 18 - George MacDonald, author Awards Nobel Prize for Literature: Henryk Sienkiewicz