Writers' Letters

The book is an illustrated compendium of letters by great writers, from Cervantes to today. It reproduces one hundred letters and notes by novelists, poets, playwrights and essayists, among them Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde, Jack Kerouac and Chinua Achebe. Each is shown alongside a transcript and background details that set it in context. The letters are grouped by theme and touch on subjects such as love, work, money, politics, travel and writing itself. The book also reminds readers of what a simple letter can hold in an age of instant messages.

Why You Should Read?

• Discover one hundred reproduced letters and notes from writers including Jane Austen, Mark Twain and Chinua Achebe.
• Read transcripts and background details that give each piece of correspondence its context.
• Explore letters grouped by theme, touching on love, work, money, politics, travel and writing.
• Gain a sense of how writers lived, worked and related to others through their letters.