800 Years of Women's Letters

Synopsis of 800 Years of Women's Letters

«800 Years of Women's Letters» is an anthology of women's letters edited by Olga Kenyon (Sutton Publishing Ltd, paperback, 298 pages, in English).

It spans eight centuries of women's correspondence, from the twelfth century to the present, and shows how letters were one of the few avenues of written expression allowed to women. The private voices reflect everyday life, joys and sorrows, and the rites of birth, marriage and death in each era.

With a foreword by P. D. James. Includes an index; the work was originally published in 1992.

For readers interested in social history, gender studies and epistolary writing as an intimate testimony of the female experience.