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Book Cover for: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"This isn’t just an epigram — life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all." The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons #OTD in 1925. The Great Gatsby at PG: https://t.co/xrjroJ7lwo https://t.co/a3rDiBd621

Paperback, 2004

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Book Cover for: Piranesi, Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke
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Women’s prize for fiction goes to Susanna Clarke’s ‘mind-bending’ Piranesi https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/08/womens-prize-for-fiction-goes-to-susanna-clarkes-mind-bending-piranesi via @GuardianBooks

Paperback, 2021

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Book Cover for: To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee
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"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us." Harper Lee was born #OTD in 1926. Her novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. https://t.co/J6roc2OJKM

Paperback, 2005

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Book Cover for: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum
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Matilda Joslyn Gage was born #OTD in 1826. She is the eponym for the Matilda effect, which describes the tendency to deny women credit for scientific invention. She influenced her son-in-law L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. https://t.co/PGB64WriyJ https://t.co/aJSlLahYjC

Paperback, Mass Market, 2006

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Book Cover for: Whose Body?, Dorothy L. Sayers

Whose Body?

Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Detective Novel ‘Whose Body?,’ by Dorothy L. Sayers, Turns 100 via ⁦@nytimesbooks⁩ https://t.co/apkIJoZL9p

Paperback, 2009

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Book Cover for: Benjamin Button, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Benjamin Button

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button written by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in Collier's Magazine #OTD, 1922, with the cover and illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. Tales of the Jazz Age at PG: https://t.co/a2yGlkYKum https://t.co/ogaAO6FlGA

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Book Cover for: Elementary Mathematics from a Higher Standpoint: Volume III: Precision Mathematics and Approximation Mathematics, Felix Klein

Elementary Mathematics from a Higher Standpoint: Volume III: Precision Mathematics and Approximation Mathematics

Felix Klein
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Felix Klein was born #OTD in 1849. He is known for his work with group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and on the associations between geometry and group theory. Books by Felix Klein at PG: https://t.co/5k1t4wD6kc https://t.co/mrwCuH0vgz

Paperback, 2016

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Book Cover for: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr
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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr review – a joyous epic of love and survival https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/24/cloud-cuckoo-land-by-anthony-doerr-review-a-joyous-epic-of-love-and-survival via @GuardianBooks

Paperback, 2022

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Book Cover for: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott
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Opinion | Louisa May Alcott, the Author of Little Women, Identified with Manhood. Via ⁦@nytimes⁩ https://t.co/RDcUOBt45R

Hardcover, 2014

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Book Cover for: The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen

The Little Mermaid

Hans Christian Andersen
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The Pain, Humanity, and Ascension of Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Mermaid” via ⁦@tordotcom⁩ https://t.co/xsZDbZ1ftA

Paperback, 2025

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