"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]
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