Quote of the day
Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Mary Webb

Born: March 25, 1881
Died: October 8, 1927 (aged 46)
Bio: Mary Webb was an English romantic novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people which she knew.
Known for:
- Precious Bane (1924)
- Gone to Earth (1917)
- The Golden Arrow (1916)
- The House in Dormer Forest (1920)
- Seven for a Secret: A Love Story (1922)