27 March The literary calendar
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It was an idea of pure genius that had suddenly struck her; the genius of common sense.
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- 1961 Thunderball by Ian Fleming
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- Ella Hepworth Dixon: Chatto & Windus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Margaret Irwin: Lafayette Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Arnold Bennett: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized