19 December The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 01
Thought for the day
If you get simple beauty and naught else, You get about the best thing God invents.
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Published on this day
- 1843 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- 1938 Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
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- Daisy Goodwin: Roger Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Emily Brontë: Branwell Brontë, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Clementina Black: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Van Druten: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Stella Gibbons: Jburlinson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized