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STAMPS, SEX AND SECOND SEX

Simone de Beauvoir is often remembered as a formidable philosopher, feminist theorist, and novelist-one who reshaped modern thought on freedom, gender, and ethics. Yet her legacy also resides in the complexity of her private writings. Beauvoir's letters to Nelson Algren, long considered a source of discomfort for some and revelation for others, function as a messy and volatile laboratory where the emotional raw materials of The Second Sex were first tested.

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Franz Kafka's Anxious Letters to His Fiancee, Read Aloud by Richard Ayoade

Franz Kafka's anxious, obsessive correspondence with Felice Bauer comprised over 500 letters, frequent pleadings and two broken engagements, with Bauer preserving all his letters.

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Edward Gorey's surreal back-of-the-envelope illustrations tell a moving story

Edward Gorey's correspondence with Tom Fitzharris offers unique insights into his personal life through illustrated envelopes.

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STAMPS, SEX AND SECOND SEX

Franz Kafka's Anxious Letters to His Fiancee, Read Aloud by Richard Ayoade

Edward Gorey's surreal back-of-the-envelope illustrations tell a moving story

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