Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne
A lively, interesting and important collection of 17th century love-letters written by an English lady, against the background of the Civil War and the Restoration [summary by hefyd]
After refusing a long string of suitors put forth by her family, including her cousin Thomas Osborne, Henry Cromwell (son of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell) and Sir Justinian Isham, in 1655 Dorothy Osborne married Sir William Temple, a man with whom she had carried on a lengthy clandestine courtship that was largely epistolary in nature. It is for her letters to Temple, which were witty, progressive and socially illuminating, that Osborne is remembered. Only Osborne's side of the correspondence survived and comprises a collection of seventy-seven letters held in the British Library. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Note: This reading contains all the letters in the correspondence but leaves out the editorial comments.
Genre(s): Letters
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | 01 - Letters 1-5 | Rhonda Federman |
00:24:29 |
| Play 02 | 02 - Letters 6-10 | Landii |
00:20:51 |
| Play 03 | 03 - Letters 11-15 | Anna Simon |
00:26:13 |
| Play 04 | 04 - Letters 16-20 | Annise |
00:27:05 |
| Play 05 | 05 - Letters 21-25 | breathe |
00:27:23 |
| Play 06 | 06 - Letters 26-30 | Neeru Iyer |
00:24:27 |
| Play 07 | 07 - Letters 31-35 | Ruth Golding |
00:24:08 |
| Play 08 | 08 - Letters 36-40 | Ruth Golding |
00:40:16 |
| Play 09 | 09 - Letters 41-45 | Anna Simon |
00:23:48 |
| Play 10 | 10 - Letters 46-50 | Rhonda Federman |
00:31:31 |
| Play 11 | 11 - Letters 51-55 | Anna Simon |
00:39:44 |
| Play 12 | 12 - Letters 56-60 | Anna Simon |
00:19:28 |
| Play 13 | 13 - Letters 61-65 | breathe |
00:17:29 |
| Play 14 | 14 - Letters 66-71 | Rhonda Federman |
00:18:08 |
| Play 15 | 15 - Letters 72-80 | Ezwa |
00:06:39 |
| Play 16 | 16 - Letters 81-83 | Ruth Golding |
00:05:18 |