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• La Bas - Joris-Karl Huysmans
• Diary of a Pilgrimage - Jerome K. Jerome
• Esther Vanhomrigh - Margaret L. Woods
• The Great Taboo - Grant Allen
• The Little Minister - J. M. Barrie
• The New Grub Street - George Gissing
• Peter Ibbetson - George Du Maurier
• Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
• Timoleon - Herman Melville
• Two Penniless Princesses - Charlotte Mary YongeCharlotte Mary Yonge ( 1823- 1901) was a British novelist, known for her huge output, mostly now out of print. She was born in Otterbourne, Hampshire, England, into a religious family background, was devoted to the Church of England, and much influenced b
• Unknown to History - Charlotte Mary YongeCharlotte Mary Yonge ( 1823- 1901) was a British novelist, known for her huge output, mostly now out of print. She was born in Otterbourne, Hampshire, England, into a religious family background, was devoted to the Church of England, and much influenced b
• The White Company - Arthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle ( May 22, 1859 July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. He was a prolific
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil - Mary Elizabeth BraddonMary Elizabeth Braddon ( October 4, 1837 February 4, 1915) was a novelist Born in London in England, Braddon was privately educated and worked as an actress for three years in order to able to support herself and her mother. She met John Maxwell, a publis

3 Births

• February 10February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 324 days remaining, 325 in leap years. Events 1258 Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing 10,000 citizens. 1635 The Academie francaise in Paris is expanded – Elliot PaulElliot Harold Paul ( February 10, 1891- April 7, 1958), was an American journalist and author. Born in Linden, a suburb of Malden, Massachusetts, Elliot Paul graduated from Malden High School then worked in the U. West on the government Reclamation projec, American writer (d. 1958Events January January 1 Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4 1957) January 8 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship January 18 Armed Lumbee Nat)
• December 26December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. There are 5 days remaining. Events 1400-1899 1481 Battle of Westbroek Holland defeats troops of Utrecht 1606 King Lear performed in the Court of England 1620 Elizabet - Henry MillerHenry Miller ( December 26, 1891 June 7, 1980, New York City), was an American novelist, whose novel Tropic of Cancer led to a series of controversial obscenity trials in the United States —testing the pornography laws of the time. Biography In early life, writer (d. 1980)