24 November The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
Your yën two wol slee me sodenly, I may the beautè of hem not sustene, So woundeth hit through-out my herte kene.
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Published on this day
- 1877 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- 1983 The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
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- Frances Hodgson Burnett: Herbert Rose Barraud (1845-1896), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- E. R. Eddison: George Beresford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jeff Noon: Stuart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton: The original uploader was Ugen64 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Annie Hall Cudlip: From a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, Regent-street and Cheapside, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Erskine Childers: ChildersFamily, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized