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#OTD in 1887. "A Study in Scarlet " by Arthur Conan Doyle was published. via @lithub

The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature.

A Study in Scarlet at PG:
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French author Alexandre Dumas fils died #OTD in 1895.

Books by Alexandre Dumas fils at PG:
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Below, Alphonse Mucha's poster for a performance of the theatrical version of "The Lady with the Camellias", with Sarah Bernhardt (1896):

The first volume of Louisa May Alcott’s "Little Women" is published #OTD in 1868.

"Little Women" at PG:
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Frontispiece illustration from part 1 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by her sister May Alcott. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868.

"There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed."

American educator, author and composer Kate Douglas Wiggin was born #OTD in 1856.

Books by Kate Douglas Wiggin at PG:
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"Le succès, qui ne prouve pas toujours le mérite, tient souvent davantage au choix du sujet qu’à son exécution."

French general and author Pierre Choderlos de Laclos died #OTD in 1803.

Books by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos at PG:
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British artist and book illustrator Walter Crane was born #OTD in 1845.

Works by Walter Crane at PG:
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"He who binds to himself a joy
Does the wingèd life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise."

English poet and painter William Blake died #OTD in 1827.

Books by William Blake at PG:
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"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is first published in Collier's Magazine on #OTD in 1922 with the cover and illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg.

The Curious Case... is available at PG:
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"All the world's a stage,
and all the men and women merely players:
they have their exits and their entrances;
and one man in his time plays many parts ..."
As You Like It, Act II

English playwright, poet, and actor William Shakespeare died #OTD in 1616.

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"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."

English poet William Wordsworth was born #OTD in 1770.

Books by William Wordsworth at PG:
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