The Bibliophile's Compass

🔴 1816 Collection of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge published by John Murray in London, including "Kubla Khan" and "Christabel" 🔴 1895 Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for gross indecency

🔴 1816 Lady Caroline Lamb publishes the Gothic novel "Glenarvon", a thinly disguised account of her affair with Lord Byron which also depicts her husband William Lamb 🔴 1930 John Masefield is appointed British Poet Laureate by King George V

🔴 1816 Lady Caroline Lamb publishes the Gothic novel "Glenarvon", a thinly disguised account of her affair with Lord Byron which also depicts her husband William Lamb 🔴 1930 John Masefield is appointed British Poet Laureate by King George V

🔴 1816 Samuel Taylor Coleridge recites his poem "Kubla Khan" to fellow poet Lord Byron, who persuades him to publish it 🔴1925 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald 🔴1957 John Osborne's "Entertainer" premieres in London