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"Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have found the soul walking upon my path." For the soul walks upon all paths." The Prophet (1923) Kahlil Gibran died #OTD in 1931. Books by Kahlil Gibran at PG: https://t.co/jfmUnJgNtZ https://t.co/LXMMJInLmj

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien was published #OTD in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. via @Wikipedia https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42379 https://t.co/BHhvsiErw5

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Ulysses: Celebrating James Joyce, 'the quintessential European' via ⁦@BBC⁩ https://t.co/rr9ekNlXKd

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"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

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"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

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Festive re-reads: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton https://t.co/YXcNzW3Bs7 via @GuardianBooks

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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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"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

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Weekend Short: Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi via ⁦@NationalreviewG⁩ https://t.co/QzGe13afcQ

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#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