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Leaflets Of Memory - Softcover

Reynell Coates

 
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Synopsis

Leaflets Of Memory by Reynell Coates. Leaflets Of Memory is a mid-19th-century anthology of poetry, fiction, and essays compiled in the 1845 edition by Reynell Coates. The collection blends verse, short stories, and moral sketches, pairing travel impressions with domestic sentiment and didactic anecdotes. Among the poems are EIGHTEEN TO-MORROW, MAY MORNING, SERENADE, SONNET ON A SUMMER NIGHT, and TWILIGHT MEMORIES; the prose includes tales such as SAUMUR, A TALE OF THE SUBURBS OF LONDON, THE RICH AND THE POOR, THE TWO BROTHERS, THE HALL OF THE CASTLE, THE LAST LETTER, THE SULTANA, and various pieces on education and virtue. The editor aims to entertain while reflecting Victorian concerns about memory, family, class, and character. The volume speaks to a middle-class readership with ornamental illustrations and a mission to preserve memory, culture, and moral instruction through art.

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