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In this month…

We shine a spotlight on authors who have an anniversary.

R D Blackmore - Author

R.D. Blackmore

DIED THIS WEEK IN 1900
Either love me not at all, or as I love you, forever.
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Anne Bronte - Author

Anne Brontë

BORN TODAY IN 1820
It is a woman’s nature to be constant – to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever – bless them, dear creatures!
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William Wilkie Collins - Author

Wilkie Collins

BORN TOMORROW IN 1824
The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.
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Edward Gibbon - Author

Edward Gibbon

DIED YESTERDAY IN 1794
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
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James Joyce - Author

James Joyce

DIED THIS WEEK IN 1941
When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.
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Charles Kingsley - Author

Charles Kingsley

DIED THIS WEEK IN 1875
Do as you would be done by.
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Rudyard Kipling - Author

Rudyard Kipling

DIED TOMORROW IN 1936
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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George Orwell - Author

George Orwell

DIED THIS WEEK IN 1950
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act
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Edgar Allan Poe - Author

Edgar Allan Poe

BORN THIS WEEK IN 1809
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity
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