14 October The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
The water which has been refused to the cry of the weary and dying is unholy, though it had been blessed by every saint in heaven; and the water which is found in the vessel of mercy is holy, though it had been defiled with corpses.
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Published on this day
- 1926 Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
- 1993 Rama Revealed by Arthur C. Clarke
- 2003 Forest of Secrets by Cherith Baldry
- 2010 The Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock
- 2010 The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
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