The Book of Letters: How to Write a Letter for Every Occasion

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Reading Published Letter Collections as Literary Texts: Maria Chabot—Georgia O'Keeffe Correspondence, 1941–1949 as a Case Study". I’m not au fait with the Coles’ correspondence, or Hugh Grant’s, Jemima Khan’s, George Michael’s and God knows who else whose phones have been hacked.

Page 158 - COMMISSIONER THOMPSON : The purpose of this letter is to request a review of the status of the Oklahoma City Urban Indian Health Project. When Brian received his bowel cancer diagnosis, he wanted a cure, not letters from Alison, a woman he barely knew.It chronicles the affairs of correspondents from Queen Elizabeth I to Abraham Lincoln, from Charlotte Bronte to George Bernard Shaw. A wonderful collection of missives that celebrate, eulogise, and analyse the idiosyncratic ways of our feline companions. In this respect we can compare him with another great late 18th century figure – whom I happen to deeply admire personally – and that’s Casanova. The term "familiar letters" was used to designate letter collections consisting of authentic correspondence which had been written for a private audience prior to publication. She has an amazing breadth of comprehension, which is not necessarily related to anything that she’s read.

Descriptions of places, of weather, of atmosphere, of landscape, of amusing moments in a particular city or stretch of country. Through a series of letters, Andy Lamberton imagines how a mentor might have encouraged Daniel to stand firm despite the pressures he faced. Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. From Me, To You is an uplifting, life-enhancing account of an unlikely friendship and a story that brings hope to many.Letters from the Lighthouse is an incredibly empathetic story that not only portrays the hardships of life during the war but also poignantly explores the anguishing encounters of refugees looking for safety in new places while carrying with them the heartbreak of leaving a war-torn home behind. A collection of letters about the Big Apple, from the marvelling of wide-eyed newcomers and the devoted outpourings of native citizens, to the outcries of the dispossessed and the reminiscences of old-timers.