8 September The literary calendar

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Thought for the day

Conquer thyself, till thou hast done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.

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Richard Francis Burton · As quoted in The New Dictionary of Thoughts: A Cyclopedia of Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern, Alphabetically Arranged by
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Published on this day

2004 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
1932 Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
2015 Make Me by Lee Child
2015 Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz

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W. W. Jacobs: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Siegfried Sassoon: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Philip O'Connor: Polysemia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Michael Frayn: Roger Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Joseph Hall: John Payne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Francis Quarles: Unknown authorUnknown author; hochgeladen von ANKAWÜ, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Bt.: Printer: Joseph Yeager (ca. 1792-1859), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Geoffrey Winthrop Young: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized