28 October The literary calendar

On this day in English literature

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Born on this day 03

Jessie Catherine Couvreur1848 · Highgate Australian writer; raised in Tasmania, resident of Belgium and England as a novelist (1848-1897)
Evelyn Waugh1903 · London British writer and journalist (1903–1966)
Anne Perry1938 · London English author (1938–2023)

Thought for the day

Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth.

Reveal who said it

Walter Raleigh · The History of the World (1614), Preface
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Jessie Catherine Couvreur: Mathilde Philippson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Evelyn Waugh: Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Anne Perry: Esteban Navarro Soriano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Charlotte Turner Smith: George Romney, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Richard Realf: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
David Jones: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Ted Hughes: Layle Silbert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized