"I humbly beg your speedy answer" : letters on love & marriage from the world's first personal advice column /

"In the late seventeenth century, the bookseller John Dunton began soliciting anonymous questions for a new broadsheet periodical, The Athenian Mercury, that he hoped would provide entertainment and discussion fodder for patrons of London's many coffeehouses. These questions, dutifully ans...

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Other Authors:	Norton, Mary Beth (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2025]
Subjects:	Athenian mercury. Advice columns > Great Britain. Interpersonal relations. Courrier du cœur > Grande-Bretagne. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters. SELF-HELP / General.