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Little Prince (Collector’s Edition)

The Little Prince (Collector’s Edition)

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Anne of Green Gables (Collector’s Edition)

Anne of Green Gables (Collector’s Edition)

Lucy Montgomery
Alice in Wonderland (Collector’s Edition)

Alice in Wonderland (Collector’s Edition)

Lewis Carroll
Pride and Prejudice (Collector’s Edition)

Pride and Prejudice (Collector’s Edition)

Jane Austen
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson
Little Women (Collector’s Edition)

Little Women (Collector’s Edition)

Louisa May Alcott
Christmas Carol (Adult Edition)

A Christmas Carol (Adult Edition)

Charles Dickens
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare
Little Prince (Adult Edition)

The Little Prince (Adult Edition)

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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World Literature

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In this month…

We shine a spotlight on authors who have an anniversary.

John Buchan - Author

John Buchan

DIED THIS WEEK IN 1940
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
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Kate Chopin - Author

Kate Chopin

BORN TODAY IN 1850
There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
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Charles Darwin - Author

Charles Darwin

BORN THIS WEEK IN 1809
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.
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Rene Descartes - Author

Rene Descartes

DIED THIS WEEK IN 1650
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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Charles Dickens - Author

Charles Dickens

BORN YESTERDAY IN 1812
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky - Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky

DIED TOMORROW IN 1889
A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu - Author

Sheridan Le Fanu

DIED YESTERDAY IN 1873
There is no dealing with great sorrow as if it were under the control of our wills
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Thomas More - Author

Sir Thomas More

BORN YESTERDAY IN 1478
I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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Thomas Paine - Author

Thomas Paine

BORN TOMORROW IN 1737
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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Ann Radcliffe - Author

Ann Radcliffe

DIED YESTERDAY IN 1823
Can this be in human nature! — Can such horrible perversion of right be permitted!
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Jules Verne - Author

Jules Verne

BORN TODAY IN 1828
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
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