September 30

In literary history

• 1868Louisa May Alcott published the first volume of Little Women, a novel she had not wanted to write, about a world she considered dull. It sold out within weeks, and she would never escape it.

Writers born on September 30

• Rumi (1207),
• Truman Capote (1924)

The Daily Canon for September 30

Beowulf by Anonymous (850).