6 April The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight.
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Published on this day
- 1922 The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne
- 2010 The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall
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