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(1725) A Tory gentleman and a Whig lady exchange letters. They begin with political sparring and platonic friendship then end in love. The plot is unsurprising, but the period politics and anecdotes are very interesting, and the prose is a class in the 18th century art of saying a thing by saying its opposite. Fun and fascinating, but for me a critical edition was absolutely necessary to understand what was happening. I recommend Martha Bowden's.
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