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Dena Goodman has produced an interesting historical contextualization of female epistolary practices of the late eighteenth century using a blend of material and cultural references. Her intention is to contribute to our knowledge of women's lives in the eighteenth century while recognising that ‘the closer one looks at particular women and their letters the more individual they become and the less typical they seem’ (p. 7). She has presented her reading of individuals’ letters with educational theories about women's education that shaped how girls were taught how to write letters and alongside the rapid expansion of consumption of letter-writing products that seemingly adorned many rooms in the home depending on the wealth of the customers who flocked to buy beautifully carved writing desks with their secret compartments for letters, not always a guarantee for their preservation as historical artefacts.
Author(s): Cross MF
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: French History
Year: 2010
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Pages: 292-293
Print publication date: 29/03/2010
ISSN (print): 0269-1191
ISSN (electronic): 1477-4542
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fh/crq019
DOI: 10.1093/fh/crq019
