20 June The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
Life was to be lived — not torpidly dozed through in this queer cultured place, where age was in the blood! Life was for love — to be enjoyed!
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Published on this day
- 2011 Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
- 1930 Very Good, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
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- Anna Laetitia Barbauld: John Chapman (floruit 1792-1823), after Unknown artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Richard Stapley: unknown (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- R. J. Ellory: ThrillerNEWS, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe: The London Stereoscopic Co., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Evelyn Byng, Viscountess Byng of Vimy: Rice Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized