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Dear William...
Ian Sansom writes to William Trevor to ask if every silver lining must have a cloud.
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Dear Marianne ...
Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore to finally ask her about that tricorn hat
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Dear Oscar...
Ian Sansom is in the gutter looking at the stars again as he writes to Oscar Wilde.
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Dear Mary...
Ian Sansom writes to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley, to ask her how on earth she coped?
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Dear Dante...
Ian Sansom drops a quick line to Dante.