#OTD "in 1812, the first two cantos of Lord Byron‘s poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage are published by John Murray in London. Copies sell out in five days, prompting Byron to comment: “I awoke one morning and found myself famous.”"

https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-march-20-2026/

"Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage" at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5131

#books #literature #poetry