October 19

In literary history

• 1847Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre under the name Currer Bell, believing women writers were judged too softly to be reviewed fairly. The novel was an immediate popular success; her real name stayed secret for months.

Writers born on October 19

• John le Carré (1931),
• Philip Pullman (1946)

The Daily Canon for October 19

Speak Memory by Vladimir Nabokov (1951).