28 January The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
How, then, was the Devil dressed? Oh! he was in his Sunday's best; His coat was red, and his breeches were blue, And there was a hole where his tail came through.
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Published on this day
- 1813 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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- Charlotte Bury: Archibald Skirving, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bryher: Man Ray, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized