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Dante Gabriel Rossetti's cover illustration for sister
Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market and Other Poems |
Here are today's milestones:
Died on this day:
Thomas Robert Malthus (1834; born February 13, 1766) English cleric and scholar;
An Essay on the Principle of Population
Christina Rossetti (1894; born December 5, 1830) English poet;
Goblin Market;
Remember
Rainer Maria Rilke (1926; born December 4, 1875) Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist; poetry collections
Duineser Elegien (
Duino Elegies) and
Die Sonette an Orpheus (
Sonnets to Orpheus); novel
Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge (
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge); and a collection of
Letters to a Young Poet
Bonus Classic:
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel (from 12th century on) a tale from the Irish "Ulster Cycle" telling the life and death of a legendary High King of Ireland, who is killed at Da Derga's hostel by his enemies after violating taboos.
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