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Simon Garfield, Garfield Simon

To the Letter
A Curious History of Correspondence

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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.

Product details

Authors	Simon Garfield, Garfield Simon
Publisher	Canongate Books

Content	Book
Product form	Paperback / Softback
Publication date	31.07.2014
Subject	Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Miscellaneous Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science

EAN	9780857868619
ISBN	978-0-85786-861-9
Pages	464
Dimensions (packing)	12.8 x 19.7 x 2.8 cm

Subjects	Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch, HISTORY / Social History, Germania, Letters of Note, Social and cultural history, Letter writing, Biography and non-fiction prose, Vindolanda, Diaries, letters and journals, Peter Wilson, Popular History, Mary Beard, Simon Jenkins, A Notable Woman, history for children, Nina Stibbe, how to write a letter, A Short History of England, simon schama, Historical letters, On the Map, We Are At War, Just My Type, Our Hidden Lives, Private Battles, dava sobel, danubia, simon winder, Jane Austen Letters, The Wrestling, love nina, history of letters, famous letters, Letters Live, Louise Brealey, Cicero letters, Marcus Aurelius letters, Napoleon Nelson, more letters of note, history for young adults, Virginia Woolf letters, Pliny letters, Napoleon letters, Ted Hughes Sylvia Plath, Henry eighth letters, The Man Who Saved Britain, Chris and Bessie, John Keats letters, Sevigne letters, Ted Hughes letters, Nelson letters, The Art of Letter Writing, Mauve Garfield, Petrarch letters, Lewis Carroll letters, Emily Dickinson letters, Chesterfield letters, Seneca letters, My Dear Bessie, Anais Nin letters, Jean Lucey Pratt, Liz Williams, Kind Regards, Henry Miller Anais Nin, The Last Journey of William Huskisson, Charles Schulz letters, Henry VIII letters, Reginald Bray, Sylvia Plath letters, Henry Miller letters

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To the Letter A Curious History of Correspondence

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