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An English Letter Book
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Letters & EssaysLiterary CriticismBritish History
ISBN13: 9781025634623
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
An English Letter Book is a curated collection of personal correspondence that offers an intimate window into the lives, thoughts, and styles of prominent figures throughout English history. Compiled by Francis Bickley, this volume spans several centuries, showcasing the evolution of the letter as both a private communication and a literary art form. The collection includes missives from a diverse array of writers, statesmen, and social figures, providing readers with firsthand accounts of historical events, personal reflections, and the social mores of their respective eras.
Through these selected letters, the work captures the essence of the English character and the changing landscape of the English language. From the formal elegance of earlier periods to the more direct and colloquial styles of later generations, the book serves as an essential resource for those interested in the history of British literature and social history. Each entry is chosen for its historical significance, literary merit, or ability to illuminate the personality of the writer. An English Letter Book remains a valuable anthology for scholars, historians, and lovers of the written word, illustrating the enduring power of personal letter-writing to bridge the gap between the past and the present.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
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