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1894
 
    
French-born artist and author George du Maurier publishes his novel Trilby       
George du Maurier, self-portrait, c.1879
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1894
 
    
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book surrounds the child Mowgli with a collection of vivid animal guardians       
1895
 
     
Stephen Crane succeeds handsomely with his second novel, The Red Badge of Courage, set in the American Civil War        
1895
 
    
H.G. Wells publishes The Time Machine, a story about a Time Traveller whose first stop on his journey is the year 802701       
1897
 
    
Henry James views the feckless adults in Maisie's life through the eyes of the child herself in What Maisie Knew       
1897
 
    
Somerset Maugham publishes his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, based on the London life he has observed as a medical student       
1897
 
    
English author Bram Stoker publishes Dracula, his gothic tale of vampirism in Transylvania       
1898
 
    
H.G. Wells publishes his science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds, in which Martians arrive in a rocket to invade earth       
1898
 
    
Henry James publishes The Turn of the Screw in a collection of short stories       
1899
 
    
E. Nesbit publishes The Story of the Treasure Seekers, introducing the Bastable family who feature in several of her books for children