29 September The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease.
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Published on this day
- 2009 Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
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- Elizabeth Gaskell: George Richmond, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Grainge: Thomas Holroyd (d.1904), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- W. H. Auden: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Brian Patten: Eequalsmc3, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized