Your antidote to the daily diet of the mundane and profane.
Gift yourself weekly letters from our greatest writers and thinkers.
For the first time William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Dickens and more will share with you their thoughts, hopes, trials and tribulations.
Spoil yourself or a loved one with a unique letter or a personal correspondence that gives joy all year long.
Simply choose your author and via email - the most quotidien of technologies - you’ll connect through the centuries.
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Perfect for anyone who loves good writing or being written to.
I write with uncommon cheerfulness, having spent the morning in the garden with dirt upon my boots and birdsong above my head. A traveller passing through tells of great excitement in London over a foreign ambassador newly arrived in splendid fashion. Yet I suspect his velvet robes could not rival the beauty of our climbing roses after rain.
I write with uncommon cheerfulness, having spent the morning in the garden with dirt upon my boots and birdsong above my head. A traveller passing through tells of great excitement in London over a foreign ambassador newly arrived in splendid fashion. Yet I suspect his velvet robes could not rival the beauty of our climbing roses after rain.
Who Will Write To You?
Each correspondent offers a different perspective on love, ambition, grief, art, failure, joy and the experience of being human.
William Shakespeare
With each letter you’ll get to know the man behind the greatest works in the English language.
Enjoy his signature weekly dose of wit, wisdom and whimsy.
Writing to you from Stratford-on-Avon the eternal bard will reveal his inspirations, his love for his family and the struggle to create the Globe Theatre.
He will reflect on issues from his time: the passing of the seasons, our leaders’ greed and hubris, life’s triumphs and tragedies - that resonate with ours. Unlike his works for the stage, Shakespeare’s letters are expressed in a simpler form, though with his unparalleled gift for language.
Jane Austen
With every letter, you will become acquainted with the lady behind some of the most beloved novels in the English language.
Delight in her keen observations, quiet humour, and elegant good sense.
Writing to you from the Hampshire countryside, Miss Austen shall confide the inspirations for her stories, the affections of family life, the pleasures and vexations of society, and the determined pursuit of her literary ambitions in a world not always inclined to encourage them.
Napoleon Bonaparte
With each letter you will come to know the man behind one of history’s greatest empires.
Discover his ambition, intellect, determination, and the force of character that reshaped Europe.
Writing to you from the courts and battlefields of France, Napoleon Bonaparte will reveal the triumphs and sacrifices of power, his devotion to Josephine, the burden of command, and the relentless pursuit of glory that carried him from obscurity to immortality.
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