Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Frank Kermode

Born: November 29, 1919
Died: August 17, 2010 (aged 90)
Bio: Sir John Frank Kermode was a British literary critic best known for his work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction, published in 1967, and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing.
Known for:
- Shakespeare's Language (2000)
- The Genesis of Secrecy (1979)
- Romantic Image (1957)
- The Age of Shakespeare (2004)