Daily archives: 2023-05-27

Greetings, readers! Percival Q. Higginbottom here with another pondering to share with you. Today, I find myself drawn to the subtle charm of the written word, more specifically, letters. And it’s only appropriate that our exploration revolves around the fascinating world of epistolary novels, the unsung heroes of literary storytelling. In our fast-paced, digitalized world, where emails, texts, and instant messages have supplaced hand-written letters, the art of writing and receiving letters might seem antiquated. Yet, there’s an undeniable warmth and intimacy associated with letters, a feeling that has been preserved and celebrated in epistolary novels. Epistolary novels, if you are unfamiliar, are stories told entirely through correspondence, traditionally letters, but expanded in modern literature to include diary entries, newspaper clippings, emails, or even text messages. This unique form of storytelling dates back to early literary history, with one of the earliest examples being “Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his […]