22 September The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
O let us love our occupations, Bless the squire and his relations, Live upon our daily rations, And always know our proper stations.
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Published on this day
- 1977 The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
- 2011 The Islanders by Christopher Priest
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- Theodore Hook: Eden Upton Eddis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alice Meynell: Published by Herder, MO, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Denis Pritt: Eva Brueggmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Fay Weldon: Mogens Engelund, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Swain: William Bradley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Wilson Barrett: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Burke: Alvin Langdon Coburn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edward Wyndham Tennant: John Singer Sargent, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized