Literature

A Dictionary of the English Language was first published on 15 April 1755.

Dorothy Wordsworth died on January 25th, 1855, aged eighty-four.

Bill Putnam and John Edwin Wood peel away the evidence to find an extraordinary hoax at the heart of Dan Brown’s bestselling novel.

Following the publication of The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, Defoe was accused of seditious libel and put in the pillory on the last three days of July 1703.

Nigel Wilcockson explores the vast range of titles published over the years.

Celebrating the library and the University of Oxford’s greatest benefactor.

The French writer died on 29 September 1902.

Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of Sherlock Holmes' most famous case, March 25th, 1902.

On Feb 4, 2002, the Women's Library opens in an extraordinary new building in Aldgate East in London. The new library is a place for people to debate and explore what the future holds for women.

The author of Les Misérables was born on February 26th, 1802.