To the letter: the lost art of letter writing and how to get it back 9780698138605, 0698138600
The New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map offers an ode to letter writing and its possible sa
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English Pages 464 pages Year 2014;2013
Table of contents :
The magic of letters --
From Vindolanda, Greetings --
The consolations of Cicero, Seneca and Pliny the Younger --
Love in its earliest forms --
How to write the perfect letter, Part 1 --
Neither snow nor rain nor the flatness of Norfolk --
How to write the perfect letter, Part 2 --
Letters for sale --
Why Jane Austen's letters are so dull (and other postal problems solved) --
A letter feels like immortality --
How to write the perfect letter, Part 3 --
More letters for sale --
Love in its later forms --
The modern master --
Inbox --
Epilogue: Dear reader.
