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Good Reading : May 2012
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www.goodreadingmagazine.com good reading may 2012 26 off the shelf lust for letters if you really want to communicate your fervent feelings to your beloved, then stop hovering over the ‘Send’ button and try writing a letter instead. Love Letters: 2000 years of romance shows how 25 famous people throughout history have used a humble piece of paper to effectively express their passions. in days of yore, long before email was invented, lovers who were apart would show their yearnings for each other by means of the letter. A single piece of paper (or numerous sheets, if the writer was feeling particularly ardent) could communicate so much: the style of the handwriting – including its slope and the steadiness of the stroke – could indicate how heartsick the writer was; high-quality paper could reflect how special the writer considered the recipient to be, and wafting the letter through a delicate mist of perfume could almost conjure up the presence of the beloved for the lucky recipient. Love Letters: 2000 years of romance showcases 25 letters from famous people – including Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth I and Horatio Nelson – and reprints not only the love letters in full, but also images of the actual document in the writer’s own hand. Here you can read the famous sonnet that poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) wrote to her husband, Robert Browning (1812–1889). Love Letters: 2000 years of romance is published by British Library, rrp $24.95 . El i zabEth barrEtt brown i ng, SonnEt 43from SonnetS from the PortugueSe c.1846 ‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways’ Love Letters � 2000 Years of Romance LL_sample_cove rs_portrait:Layout 1 1/3/ 11 18:07 Page 1 26_27_off_shelf_b.indd 26 4/4/12 9:50:17 PM
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