Walter and Mary The Letters of Walter and Mary Richardson |
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| Editor:
| Webby, Elizabeth
Sykes, Gillian
Webby, Gillian |
| ISBN: | 978-0-522-84923-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2000 |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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The letters Walter and Mary Richardson wrote to each other between 1854 and 1877 depict, with often surprising frankness, a loving relationship between a man and a woman that was both mutual and enduring. This is a substantial body of lovely, detailed letters that not only form a valuable record of daily life at the time, but also offer a touching portrait of a very loving marriage. On reading them herself, many years after her parents' deaths, Henry Handel Richardson commented,...
More DescriptionThe letters Walter and Mary Richardson wrote to each other between 1854 and 1877 depict, with often surprising frankness, a loving relationship between a man and a woman that was both mutual and enduring. This is a substantial body of lovely, detailed letters that not only form a valuable record of daily life at the time, but also offer a touching portrait of a very loving marriage. On reading them herself, many years after her parents' deaths, Henry Handel Richardson commented, "It was like reading a love story of 30 years ago."