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Lisa
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One of my favourite authors Ismail Kadare was born this day in 1936.
— Jan 27, 2014 10:37PM
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Lisa
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Pushkin made his own fiction come true in a duel on this day in 1837
— Jan 26, 2014 07:26PM
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Lisa
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1901 Beatrix Potter couldn't find a publisher, so she printed one private copy of The Tale of Peter Rabbit herself. I wonder what that's worth today?
— Jan 25, 2014 11:26PM
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Lisa
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Happy birthday Virginia Woolf! But oh dear, in 1851 The Spectator said of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 'like all bad poets, she never knows when she's said enough'.
— Jan 24, 2014 07:05PM
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Lisa
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Edith Wharton's birthday! And Ezra Pound started editing The Waste Land.
— Jan 24, 2014 03:24AM
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Lisa
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Stendhal was born today: I thought his red and Black was splendid! The TLD bagged Doctorow's Ragtime today, and the Spectator was in deep denial over Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
— Jan 23, 2014 01:25AM
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Lisa
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I'll be reading this all year: a page a day...
— Jan 20, 2014 10:39PM
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Anne
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This book is my Christmas present, a gift that keeps on giving.
— Jan 17, 2014 09:03AM
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Linda Gaines
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I read one date each night so this will be on for all of2014
— Jan 15, 2014 09:54AM
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