Including ruminations on the importance of letter writing from famous literary and historical luminaries past, this is the fascinating story of how a simple piece of paper revolutionized global communication
No literary form is more revealing, more spontaneous or more individual than a letter. P.D. James
Ever since the advent and increasing popularity of electronic communication, ithas become clearthat the worthy art of letter writing is in sad decline. E-mails and texts have overtaken the humble pen and paper as the most popular methods of communication.Here, the completehistory of letter writing and how it has shaped the world today is exploredfrom the early Greek philosophers to the great letter writers Byron and Walpole, as well as manyfamous letters that have changed the world. It also covers the invention of the fountain pen and the growth of the mail delivery system, instructions for novice letter writers on how to construct the perfect correspondence, and howdespite the ever-growing influence of technologyhandwritten letters might at last beregaining their value, meaning, and popularity in the modern world.
