5 July The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 03
Thought for the day
I hate the day, because it lendeth light To see all things, but not my love to see.
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Published on this day
- 1937 Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
- 1894 The Hammerpond Park Burglary by H. G. Wells
- 2007 First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
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- John Abraham Heraud: Photographer George Herbert Watkins, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George Borrow: Henry Wyndham Phillips, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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- Oliver Herford: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Naomi Lewis: Richard Mewton (died before Naomi Lewis who died in 2009), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized