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At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This selection begins when Hughes was seventeen, and documents the course... Read Full Overview

Ted Hughes described letter-writing as "excellent training for conversation with the world." These nearly 300 letters--selected from several thousand--show him in all his aspects: poet, husband and father, lover of the natural world, proud Englishman, and a man for whom literature... Read Full Overview

Ted Hughes described letter-writing as "excellent training for conversation with the world." These nearly 300 letters selected from several thousand show him in all his aspects: poet, husband and father, lover of the natural world, proud Englishman, and a man for whom literature... Read Full Overview