24 April The literary calendar

On this day in English literature

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Born on this day 03

Anthony Trollope1815 · London English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)
A. C. Benson1862 · Crowthorne English essayist and poet, 1862–1925 (1862–1925)
Vera Rich1936 · London British poet, journalist, historian, and translator (1936–2009)

Thought for the day

So, march away; and let due praise be given Neither to fate nor fortune, but to Heaven.

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Christopher Marlowe · Ferneze, Act V
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Photo credits

Anthony Trollope: C. E. Fry & Son, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
A. C. Benson: Allen Hastings Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Daniel Defoe: UnknownUnknown , style of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
John Michell: unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized

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