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The 50 greatest love letters of all time david h lowenherz, author. Though the epistolary novel a novel in the form of letters written by one or more characters was most popular before the 19th century, alice walker became a champion of the style with her 1982 pulitzer prize and national book awardwinning novel the color purple. Dec 30, 20 gandhis note to hitler suggesting peace, a childs advice for poorly president nixon to eat his greens and classic steve martin humour for a fan. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. A selection of fifty passionate, witty, and intriguing love letters includes the correspondence of george and barbara bush, frida kahlo and diego rivera, ernest hemingway and mary welsh, and zelda.
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