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 * ...that The Vampyre (pictured) was a short novel first published on April 1, 1819 in parts in the New Monthly Magazine with the false attribution "A Tale by Lord Byron"?
 * ...that Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram was the first novel in Tamil?
 * ...that Sara Gruen’s historical novel Water for Elephants recounts that circus workers were sometimes thrown off the circus train in the middle of the night, a practice known as "redlighting"?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2005/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2006/February, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2007/April, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.