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The Token Of Friendship; An Offering For All Seasons

The Token Of Friendship; An Offering For All Seasons

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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral PoetryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354506259
ISBN13: 9789354506253
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 334
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Delicate in name, lasting in feeling, The Token of Friendship gathers the kind of writing Victorians reached for when a gift needed to mean something. Keep it close; pass on. Created in the spirit of the Victorian gift book and literary annual anthology, this collection brings together friendship poems and sayings, seasonal reflections and verse, and brief sentimental moral essays shaped for quiet evenings and shared reading. A page may be opened in spring, on a winter night, or at a holiday table; the tone remains steady, intimate, and companionable, in the tradition of the illustrated keepsake collection. Across all seasons, the selections favour clarity and heart, with lines fit for remembrance and thoughts worth returning to - a gift book for friends, or a private book of good sense. As a piece of 19th century literature, The Token of Friendship also records a social history: the victorian-era keepsake placed on the parlour table, the parlor poetry anthology read aloud after tea, the antique friendship album that preserved sentiment as carefully as it preserved ink. For anyone drawn to Victorian print culture, it reflects the moral and social tastes that shaped domestic reading, from drawing-room devotion to light occasional verse and the small courtesies of friendship. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for casual readers and classic-literature collectors alike, and a source of inspirational reading for holidays.

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