I am having a bit of annoyance with the paragraph alignment (no text justify) though but it is just me anyway, tsk. Few can be too romantic and cringing but I admire its sentimental and classic nuances as some letters were written as early of 1800s. ・Isaac Forman to William Still- escaping the life of slavery in Norfolk, Forman wrote to Still (a secret network) addressing his worry about his wife who is still being enslaved in Richmond. ・Nadezhda Mandelstam to Osip Mandelstam- written two months before Osip died at the forced labour camp ・Sullivan Ballou to Sarah Ballou- the unsent letter was written before Sullivan was killed in the First Battle of Bull Run and it was found amongst his belongings ・Emilie Blachère to Rémi Ochlik- Ochlik was killed in Syria and the letter was written by Blachère after his death Some are too memorable that their stories stuck in my afterthought. Heart-wrenching and lovely, and I love on how each senders having their own ways of expressing concern, love, hope and sorrow. I actually quite fond reading on the history of how each letters were sent and written. Compiled with both letters and their respective backstory- some inspired by love's first blush, outburst passions and confessions, and some on the unrequited feelings and regrets. Letters of Note: LOVE consists of 30 letters about love that were first published through an old-fashioned correspondence website that started in 2009. I don't read much of nonfiction but I do find nonfiction with epistolary content especially in a letter format as fascinating.
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