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Liz Williams

Kind Regards

All the signs show that the worthy art of letter writing is in decline. One third of 16-year-olds have never written a letter, and in the next ten years it is predicted that first-class mail will drop by 37%. Emails and texts have overtaken the humble pen and paper as the most popular method of communication. In Kind Regards, Liz Williams explores the popular history of letter writing and how it has shaped the world today — from the early Greek philosophers, to the great letter writers Byron and Walpole and famous letters that changed the world. It also covers the invention of the fountain pen and the growth of the mail delivery system. This is the fascinating story of how a simple piece of paper revolutionized global communication and how, despite the ever-growing influence of technology, handwritten letters are regaining their value, meaning and popularity
159 printed pages
Copyright owner
Michael O'Mara Books
Original publication
2012
Publication year
2012
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Quotes

  • b7094018872has quoted3 years ago
    ‘Letters frighten me more than anything else in life. They contain greater possibilities of murder than any poison. I think you ought only to write to a person when you are in the same place and quite certain to see them. When a letter is a continuation of presence it is alright, but when it becomes a codification of absence it is intolerable.’ – ELIZABETH BIBESCO
  • aseannhas quoted9 years ago
    Write to express, not to impress.

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