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Letters of Note: Love
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, Jude Law, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Mangan, Miriram Margolyes, Juliet Stevenson, Mark Strong, Meera Syal, and more
- Series: Letters of Note
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Memoirs, Diaries & Correspondence
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In this moving collection, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful letters about love ever written. Whether inspired by love’s first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the regrets of unrequited feelings and the joys of passions known, Letters of Note: Love is essential listening for anyone with a heart.
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The collection features letters by Simone de Beauvoir, Vladimir Nabokov, Zora Neale Hurston, Nelson Mandela, Maud Gonne, Johnny Cash and many more.
Letters of Note: Love also includes audio exclusive bonus content drawn from recordings made at performances of Letters Live, the live events series produced by Canongate in partnership with SunnyMarch and Shaun Usher. Hear Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey read Chris Barker’s letter to Bessie Moore at the Royal Albert Hall, Tom Hiddleston reading Gerald Durrell’s letter to his wife at the Freemasons’ Hall and Nick Cave perform his song, Love Letter, at the Union Chapel.
Ten per cent of the proceeds* received from this audiobook will be made available by the publisher, Canongate Books, to The National Literacy Trust for their work with improving the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in the UK's poorest communities, with a focus on children and young people.
The National Literacy Trust is a registered charity in the UK with charity numbers 1116260 and 5836486 (England/Wales), and SC042944 (Scotland).
*Proceeds means the cash-price or cash-equivalent price less sales taxes.