19 July The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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Published on this day
- 2001 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- 1929 Summer Lightning by P. G. Wodehouse
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- Ada Cambridge: Spencer Shier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized