13 May The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
We cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides; — But tasks, in hours of insight willed, Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled.
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Remembered today
Published on this day
- 2003 Persuader by Lee Child
- 2010 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
- 1982 Union Street by Pat Barker
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- Sophia Lee: Thomas Lawrence, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Stella Rimington: Andrew Davidson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bruce Chatwin: Viaggio Routard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Isabella Fyvie Mayo: Mayo, Isabella Fyvie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized