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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde The Langham Hotel in London is one of the city's most famous and historic hotels. Built in 1865,...

Kathleen Mansfield Murry (1888-1923) was born on this day (14th of October) in 1888. She was born in New Zealand and moved to England at...

George Orwell lived and worked in a bookshop on this site. Under the pen name of George Orwell, Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) was a...

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish writer born in 1850. He came from a family of engineers, studying engineering at the University of...

The book rescued from the wreckage Animal Farm was originally published on this day (17th of August) in 1945. While George Orwell was...

P. L. Travers' House in Chelsea.

So much more than a love story for women. At the time of its reception, Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca was lambasted by many critics as just...

Henry James was born on this day (15 April) in 1840. James (1843-1916) was an American-British writer and an important figure in 20th...