On This Day Charles Dodgson in June 1857 & a page from the manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, 1864 27 Jan 2023 27 January 1832: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is born Cheryl
On This Day The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde 26 Jan 2023 26 January 1891: Oscar Wilde’s The Duchess of Padua premieres Susannah
On This Day W Somerset Maugham & Of Human Bondage 25 Jan 2023 25 January 1874: William Somerset Maugham is born Cheryl
On This Day John Cleland - Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 23 Jan 2023 23 January 1789: John Cleland dies Susannah
On This Day Lord Byron by Thomas Phillips, c. 1813 22 Jan 2023 22 January 1788: George Gordon (Lord) Byron is born Susannah
Books, On This Day, Reading Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 10 Jan 2023 15 January 1846: Poor Folk is first published Susannah
Books, On This Day, Reading Charles Perrault, the "Father of Mother Goose" 08 Jan 2023 12 January 1628: Charles Perrault is born Susannah
Books, On This Day, Reading Harriet Beecher Stowe & Calvin Stowe 06 Jan 2023 6 January 1836: Harriet Beecher marries Rev. Calvin Stowe Cheryl
On This Day Giovanni Pascoli in Castelvecchio 31 Dec 2022 31 December 1855: Giovanni Pascoli is born Cheryl
On This Day The Tay Bridge disaster 28 Dec 2022 28 December 1879: The Tay Bridge in Scotland collapses Cheryl
On This Day King Lear and Cordelia 26 Dec 2022 26 December 1606: Shakespeare’s King Lear is performed for the first time Cheryl
On This Day Dorothy Wordsworth & Dove Cottage 25 Dec 2022 25 December 1771: Dorothy Wordsworth is born Susannah
On This Day A Visit From St. Nicholas, by Clement Clarke Moore 23 Dec 2022 23 December 1823: ‘Twas the night before Christmas … Cheryl