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1984: 75th Anniversary
George OrwellProject Gutenberg1984: was the year quite as awful as George Orwell predicted? Via @guardian https://t.co/IDrV3kdjtj
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
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Ulysses: Second Edition
James JoyceProject GutenbergUlysses: Celebrating James Joyce, 'the quintessential European' via @BBC https://t.co/rr9ekNlXKd
Paperback, 2022
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Arrowsmith: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Sinclair LewisProject Gutenberg"Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile." Letter declining the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Arrowsmith Sinclair Lewis died #OTD in 1951. Books by Sinclair Lewis at PG: https://t.co/FxI0hRQTmu https://t.co/qaV0kg3u7x
Paperback, Mass Market, 2008
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The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey ChaucerProject Gutenberg"What is this world? what asketh men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Allone, withouten any compaignye." The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer died #OTD in 1400. Books by Geoffrey Chaucer at PG: https://t.co/1CQcpjVQdm https://t.co/7yiFWfL817
Paperback, 2003
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Ethan Frome
Edith WhartonProject GutenbergFestive re-reads: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton https://t.co/YXcNzW3Bs7 via @GuardianBooks
Paperback, 2005
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To the Lighthouse
Virginia WoolfProject Gutenberg"A light here required a shadow there." To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf was published #OTD in 1927 by Hogarth Press. The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. https://t.co/Z9YCjypc5k https://t.co/5b8EmMzJNv
Paperback, 1989
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Joseph Andrews
Henry FieldingProject Gutenberg"It is a trite but true observation, that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts." Joseph Andrews (1742) Henry Fielding was born #OTD in 1707. Books by Henry Fielding at PG: https://t.co/adBaovUz3b https://t.co/pZRf01a65Q
Paperback, 2023
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Life on the Mississippi
Mark TwainProject GutenbergWeekend Short: Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi via @NationalreviewG https://t.co/QzGe13afcQ
Paperback, 1985
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The Woman in White
Wilkie CollinsProject Gutenberg#OTD in 1859. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins was first published in serial form in 1859–60, appearing in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round (UK) and Harper's Weekly (US). It was published in book form in 1860. The Woman in White at PG: https://t.co/ggPK6JwZOT https://t.co/WPI6Nzchcp
Paperback, 2003
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix PotterProject Gutenberg#OTD in 1902. The Tale of Peter Rabbit written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter was published. The Tale of Peter Rabbit at Project Gutenberg: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/14838 https://t.co/medpfsGLJb
Paperback, 2004
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