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Letters to Juliet
Lise Friedman and Ceil Friedman
#UB1542
Hardcover, 175 pages; 2006
$19.90
Hard as it may be to believe, people actually write letters to Shakespeare's fictional Juliet, typically addressed: "Juliet, Verona, Italy." Even stranger, she writes back. Since 1972, secretaries in the employ of the men-only Club di Juilietta have answered correspondence from all over the world. (Before 1972, there were various "secret Juliets" who took it upon themselves to pen replies.) Letters to Juliet gathers together all sorts of Juliet arcana from her hometown of Verona, and offers fascinating photographs and illustrations, too. The devotion the star-crossed teenager continues to inspire in readers from every country is amazing!
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