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To the letter : a curious history of correspondence / Simon Garfield.
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To the letter : a curious history of correspondence / Simon Garfield.
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Edinburgh, Scotland : Canongate Books, 2014
©2013
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464 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Every letter contains a miniature story, and here are some of the greatest. From Oscar Wilde's unconventional method of using the mail to cycling enthusiast Reginald Bray's quest to post himself, Simon Garfield uncovers a host of stories that capture the enchantment of this irreplaceable art (with a supporting cast including Pliny the Younger, Ted Hughes, Virginia Woolf, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lewis Carroll, Jane Austen, David Foster Wallace and the Little Red-Haired Girl). There is also a brief history of the letter-writing guide, with instructions on when and when not to send fish as a wedding gift. And as these accounts unfold, so does the tale of a compelling wartime correspondence that shows how the simplest of letters can change the course of a life.
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Letter writing -- History
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