25 December The literary calendar
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Now such an one for daughter Creon had As maketh wise men fools and young men mad.
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- William Collins: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Anna Eliza Bray: William Brockedon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Pete Brown: Shu Tomioka, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle: Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Monica Dickens: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized