Contents

Title

Dedication

Foreword

Part One: From Paper to Post

         Dear reader: introducing the letter

         Post haste: the history of the mail system

Part Two: Letterquette

         Advice on writing: the basics

         Types of letter

Part Three: What We Can Learn from Letters

         Postcards from the past: a history lesson

         Dear John: letters in wartime

         Affairs of the heart: love letters

         A novel approach: letters in literature

         Until we meet again: farewell letters

         PS

Bibliography and Sources

Index

Copyright