A delightful investigation of the art of letter writing, Yours Ever explores masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Here are Madame de SAcvignAcas devastatingly sharp reports from the French court, F. Scott Fitzgeraldas tormented advice to his young daughter, the casually brilliant musings of Flannery OaConnor, the lustful boastings of Lord Byron, and the prison cries of Sacco and Vanzetti, all accompanied by Thomas Mallonas own insightful commentary. From battlefield confessions to suicide notes, fan letters to hate mail, Yours Ever is an exuberant reintroduction to a vast and entertaining literatureaa book that will help to revive, in the digital age, this glorious lost art. From the Trade Paperback edition.Yon will laugh in my face, will take me for a maker of phrases in all my relations with yon hitherto. ... Sitting behind a manual typewriter set up on one of the citya#39;s sidewalks, Hofer composes not only business ... Illicit love letters a shea#39;s written just two, including one for a woman with a crush on a married man a cost $5.aquot; Hallmark used to advertise its Valentines to those who aquot;care enough to send the very best, aquot; but any printed greeting card is second best in the realm of authenticity.
Title | : | Yours Ever |
Author | : | Thomas Mallon |
Publisher | : | Vintage - 2009-11-10 |
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