More Letters of Note

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More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our letters. These letters deliver the same mix of the heartfelt, the historically significant, the tragic, the comic and the unexpected. Discover Richard Burton's farewell note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller's letter to The New York Symphony Orchestra about 'hearing' their concert through her fingers, the final missives from a doomed Japan Airlines flight in 1985, David Bowie's response to his first piece of fan mail from America and even Albus Dumbledore writing to a reader applying for the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts. Including letters from:Jane Austen, Richard Burton, Helen Keller, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledore, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry James, Sylvia Plath, John Lennon, Gerald Durrell, Janis Joplin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Janis Joplin, Hunter S. Thompson, C. G. Jung, Katherine Mansfield, Marge Simpson, David Bowie, Dorothy Parker, Buckminster Fuller, Beatrix Potter, Che Guevara, Evelyn Waugh, Charlotte Bront and many more.

Sujets

• Diaries

Informations

• Publié par: Canongate Books
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781782114550
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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Contents

Introduction
001 – TORTURING THE SAXOPHONE
ROBERT CRUMB TO MATS GUSTAFSSON
002 – FOR LOVE AND HONOR
HOLLIS FRAMPTON TO MOMA
003 – DEAR ONE
RACHEL CARSON TO DOROTHY FREEMAN
004 – I’LL RAP YOUR HEAD WITH A RATCHET
STEVE ALBINI TO NIRVANA
005 – SORROW COMES TO ALL
ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO FANNY MCCULLOUGH
006 – I SEE NO BEAUTY IN LOPSIDED TRUE LOVE
ELIZABETH SMART TO GEORGE BARKER
007 – MY EARTHLY MISSION IS ALREADY FULFILLED
VIVIAN ROSEWARNE TO HIS MOTHER
008 – KING SEQUOIA
JOHN MUIR TO JEANNE CARR
009 – HUSBAND UNTIL DEATH
ABREAM SCRIVEN TO HIS WIFE
010 – BREAK BREAK BREAK
SYLVIA PLATH TO HER FAMILY
011 – 1984 VS. A BRAVE NEW WORLD
ALDOUS HUXLEY TO GEORGE ORWELL
012 – MY HEART ALMOST STOOD STILL
HELEN KELLER TO THE NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
013 – GO TO HELL WITH YOUR MONEY BASTARD
ASGER JORN TO THE GUGGENHEIM
014 – THE PARAKEET HAS A GOITER
BRIAN DOYLE TO VARIOUS
015 – ALONG WITH THIS LETTER COMES A PLAY
SHELAGH DELANEY TO JOAN LITTLEWOOD
016 – EVERYONE IS EXPECTING ME TO DO BIG THINGS
JACK TRICE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
017 – WITH GREAT RESPECT, MARGE SIMPSON
MARGE SIMPSON TO BARBARA BUSH
018 – SLOWLY, QUIETLY, NEVER GIVING UP
CARL SANDBURG TO MARGARET SANDBURG
019 – SHE WAS THE MUSIC HEARD FAINTLY AT THE EDGE OF SOUND
RAYMOND CHANDLER TO LEONARD RUSSELL
020 – I EMBRACE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART
ALBERT CAMUS TO LOUIS GERMAIN
021 – I HAVE RESOLVED TO ESCAPE
WINSTON CHURCHILL TO LOUIS DE SOUZA
022 – WITH MANY GOOD WISHES FOR OUR HOUSE
LION FEUCHTWANGER TO THE OCCUPANT OF HIS HOUSE
023 – LETTER TO THE DEAD
SHEPSI TO INKHENMET
024 – YOU’RE OFF, BY GOD!
RICHARD BURTON TO ELIZABETH TAYLOR
025 – THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
BEATRIX POTTER TO NOEL MOORE
026 – YOUR EAGER MOTHER
JESSIE BERNARD TO HER UNBORN CHILD
027 – THE MATCHBOX
SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER TO ALYSE GREGORY
028 – ALL THIS I DID WITHOUT YOU
GERALD DURRELL TO LEE MCGEORGE
029 – NOTHING TO EAT BUT THE DEAD
VIRGINIA REED TO MARY KEYES
030 – TIGER OIL MEMOS
EDWARD “TIGER MIKE” DAVIS TO HIS STAFF
031 – I LONG FOR FREEDOM
HANNAH GROVER TO CATO
032 – JANIS JOPLIN LIVES!
JANIS JOPLIN TO HER PARENTS
033 – BECOMING TOM CLANCY
TOM CLANCY TO HIS FRIENDS
034 – THE JL123 ISHO
FLIGHT 123 PASSENGERS TO VARIOUS
035 – DARE TO STAND ALONE
BUD WILKINSON TO JAY WILKINSON
036 – ARKELL V. PRESSDRAM
PRIVATE EYE TO GOODMAN DERRICK & CO.
037 – THE OUTSIDERS
JO ELLEN MISAKIAN TO FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
038 – I CAN’T LOOK YOU IN THE VOICE
DOROTHY PARKER TO PASCAL COVICI
039 – DO NOT BE SO BLOODY VULNERABLE
NOËL COWARD TO MARLENE DIETRICH
040 – FROM HEAVEN
PAUL REVERE OSLER TO GRACE OSLER
041 – CAT FANCY
AYN RAND TO CAT FANCY MAGAZINE
042 – NEW FANGLED WRITING MACHINE
SAMUEL CLEMENS TO ORION CLEMENS
043 – AMERICA’S YOUNGEST AMBASSADOR
SAMANTHA SMITH TO YURI ANDROPOV
044 – SLEEP WELL MY LOVE
BRIAN KEITH TO DAVE
045 – THIS IS MY LAST VISIT
WILLIAM BURROUGHS TO TRUMAN CAPOTE
046 – BROWN IS AS PRETTY AS WHITE
W. E. B. DU BOIS TO YOLANDE DU BOIS
047 – EVERY OUNCE OF MY ENERGY
BERTRAND RUSSELL TO SIR OSWALD MOSLEY
048 – THIS WRETCHED COMEDY AS A MAN!
LILI ELVENES TO “CHRISTIAN”
049 – THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN WHICH THIS CAN BE DONE
BERTHA BREWSTER TO DAILY TELEGRAPH
050 – YOURS SINCERELY, ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
J. K. ROWLING TO STEVEN ARMES
051 – I’VE GOT A HUNCH
THOMAS WOLFE TO MAXWELL PERKINS
052 – WE ARE UNINTELLIGIBLE
JACK LONDON TO ANNA STRUNSKY
053 – GENTLEMEN, I JUST DON’T BELONG HERE
URSULA LE GUIN TO JOHN RADZIEWICZ
054 – I MISS LORINA BULWER
LORINA BULWER
055 – MY REAL NAME IS DAVID JONES
DAVID BOWIE TO SANDRA DODD
056 – A NEW PAGE IN MOTION PICTURE HISTORY
SAMUEL GOLDWYN TO WALT DISNEY
057 – I LOVED THE BOY
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH TO ROBERT SOUTHEY
058 – A PILE OF 5000 CATS AND KITTENS
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED to HIS SON
059 – IT MUST BE NICE TO BE A BABY
DAISY WHITE TO JOEL WHITE
060 – I HAVE LOST A TREASURE
CASSANDRA AUSTEN TO FANNY KNIGHT
061 – A RIPPLE OF FLAME
EDITH WHARTON TO W. M. FULLERTON
062 – FINAL, COMPLETE AND IRREMEDIABLE DEFEAT
HUGH DOWDING TO WINSTON CHURCHILL
063 – A FORCE FOR EVIL
RICHARD HELMS TO DENNIS HELMS
064 – YOU ARE A BEAST
MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI TO GIOVAN SIMONE BUONARROTI SIMONI
065 – IT’S BURNING HELL WITHOUT YOU
DYLAN THOMAS TO CAITLIN THOMAS
066 – I DRANK TOO MUCH WINE LAST NIGHT
JANE AUSTEN TO CASSANDRA AUSTEN
067 – LET US BLAZE NEW TRAILS
BILL BERNBACH TO HIS COLLEAGUES
068 – YOUR TYPE IS A DIME A DOZEN
HUNTER S. THOMPSON TO ANTHONY BURGESS
069 – WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
JOHN LENNON TO ERIC CLAPTON
070 – YOU ARE A TRUE MAN
BRAM STOKER TO WALT WHITMAN
071 – WHAT DO YOU TAKE ME FOR?
NANNI TO EA-NASIR
072 – REMEMBER?
BREECE D’J PANCAKE TO JOHN CASEY
073 – I HOPE YOU DON’T FEEL TOO DISAPPOINTED
ERIC IDLE TO JOHN MAJOR
074 – AN INSTRUMENT OF JOY
MARGARET MEAD TO ELIZABETH MEAD
075 – WE PRESS YOU CLOSE AND KISS YOU WITH ALL OUR STRENGTH
ETHEL AND JULIUS ROSENBERG TO THEIR SONS
076 – HOW DID YOU GET INVENTED?
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY TO LULU
077 – WHY I AM AN ATHEIST
MINNIE PARRISH TO BLUE-GRASS BLADE
078 – YOURS IN DISTRESS
ALAN TURING TO NORMAN ROUTLEDGE
079 – OH MY ASS BURNS LIKE FIRE!
MOZART TO MARIANNE
080 – TERRY TOMA
DAWN POWELL TO MABEL POWELL POCOCK AND PHYLLIS POWELL COOK
081 – DO NOT REMAIN NAMELESS TO YOURSELF
RICHARD FEYNMAN TO KOICHI MANO
082 – I SEE HIM IN THE STAR
EMILY DICKINSON TO SUSAN DICKINSON
083 – I AM DESPERATE TO HAVE SOME REAL FUN
PETER SELLERS TO SPIKE MILLIGAN
084 – THE WHITE HOUSE
ABIGAIL ADAMS TO HER DAUGHTER
085 – YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS FAILED
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT TO DAR
086 – ON BUREAUCRATESE AND GOBBLEDYGOOK
ALFRED KAHN TO HIS COLLEAGUES
087 – I THINK I NO HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE OR ANIMALS ALIVE
ANTHONY HOLLANDER TO BLUE PETER
088 – YOU RANG MY MOTHER
MICHAEL J. MOLLOY TO JEFFREY BERNARD
089 – PEOPLE SIMPLY EMPTY OUT
CHARLES BUKOWSKI TO JOHN MARTIN
090 – A STRING OF VERITABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL PEACHES
CARL JUNG TO JAMES JOYCE
091 – THE APPALLING HORROR
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE TO WILLIAM BOWMAN
092 – YOU ARE A HOMOSEXUAL AND MAY NEVER CHANGE
FELICIA BERNSTEIN TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN
093 – I NEVER STUDIED GRACE
CHARLES LAMB TO JACOB VALE ASBURY
094 – I DO NOT LIKE SCOLDING PEOPLE
KATHERINE MANSFIELD TO ELIZABETH BIBESCO
095 – MAKE YOUR SOUL GROW
KURT VONNEGUT TO XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL
096 – THERE ARE NO REAL REWARDS FOR TIME PASSING
MARTHA GELLHORN TO ERNEST HEMINGWAY
097 – I AM THE DEAD ONE
SPIKE MILLIGAN TO GEORGE HARRISON
098 – LIKE A TREE IN FULL BEARING
CHARLOTTE BRONTË TO W. S. WILLIAMS
099 – YOU GAVE ME A VALUABLE GIFT: YOU TOOK ME SERIOUSLY
HOWARD CRUSE TO DR. SEUSS (AND VICE VERSA)
100 – THE MISERABLE’S NAME IS MAN
VICTOR HUGO to M. DAELLI
101 – WE WERE NOT FOUND WANTING
CHARLES JACK PRICE TO HIS STAFF
102 – SHEER ENCHANTMENT
SOPHIE SCHOLL TO LISA REMPPIS
103 – I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT
BARNUM BROWN TO PROFESSOR OSBORN
104 – ENERGY EQUALS MASS TIMES THE SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED STOP
BUCKMINSTER FULLER TO ISAMU NOGUCHI
105 – I THINK YOU’RE A DAMN FOOL
NORMAN MAILER TO HIS FATHER
106 – THE GREATEST MUSICAL PLEASURE I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE TO RICHARD WAGNER
107 – I KNOW WHAT TASTE IS AND WHAT VULGARITY IS
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS TO JOSEPH BREEN
108 – I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU YOUR OWN HISTORY
JUAN GELMAN TO HIS GRANDCHILD
109 – THIS IS QUITE TRUE
EVELYN WAUGH TO LAURA WAUGH
110 – I SHALL EXPECT YOU, SISTER
CLAUDIA SEVERA TO SULPICIA LEPIDINA
111 – LET ME ALONE
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER TO HART CRANE
112 – F**K THA POLICE
THE FBI TO PRIORITY RECORDS
113 – I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TALKED ABOUT
ANSEL ADAMS TO NANCY NEWHALL
114 – GROW UP AS GOOD REVOLUTIONARIES
CHE GUEVARA TO HIS CHILDREN
115 – WE HOPE YOU SHALL TRY…
JESSICA MITFORD TO HERSELF
116 – I DON’T ENJOY THIS WAR ONE BIT
DAVID FOSTER WALLACE TO DON DELILLO
117 – I SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU
MILADA HORÁKOVÁ to HER DAUGHTER
118 – P.S. THIS IS MY FAVORITE MEMO EVER
MATT STONE TO THE MPAA
119 – DEAR FRIENDS ALL
HENRY JAMES to 270 FRIENDS
120 – MY MOTHER DECLARED MY BEDROOM A DISASTER AREA
ANDY SMITH TO RONALD REAGAN
121 – THANKS, MR. EDISON
W. C. LATHROP TO THOMAS EDISON
122 – THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY SCENE
CAPTAIN REGINALD JOHN ARMES TO HIS WIFE
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