9 May The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 03
Thought for the day
The pleasures of self-approbation, together with the right cultivation of all our pleasures, require individual independence. Without independence men cannot become either wise, or useful, or happy.
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Remembered today
No writer in our collection died on 9 May.
Published on this day
- 2002 Without Fail by Lee Child
- 1918 Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
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- William Tenn: Laurie Mann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alan Bennett: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Paul Pickering: Paul Pickering, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized