22 August The literary calendar
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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.
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Published on this day
- 1946 Joy in the Morning by P. G. Wodehouse
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- Peter James: Johan Jönsson (Julle), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Adam Thirlwell: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Gilli Smyth: Amir E. Aharoni, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized