Michal Neruda's 'I. Lettres' Anthology Presents 60 Personal Letters from 1716 to 1899
The e-book 'I. Lettres' features a collection of sixty letters spanning from 1716 to 1899, curated by editor Michal Neruda from a vast pool of over 45,000 letters housed in the Neruda Archives in the Czech Republic. These previously unpublished letters provide insights into the lives of everyday individuals across Europe. The transcriptions maintain original details and connect to complete archival records. Key themes include illness, work, and daily life. Among the notable letters are a request for assistance from a Parisian woman to the mayor of Marseille, a salary complaint from Skoky dated 10 May 1874, and a letter from New York dated 22 May 1855 regarding the ship 'Edward Everett.' This volume marks the first of a planned five. The EPUB ISBN is 978-80-910055-7-9.
Key facts
- The e-book 'I. Lettres' contains sixty authentic letters from 1716 to 1899, selected by Michal Neruda from over 45,000 letters.
- The original documents are preserved in the Neruda Archives in the Czech Republic and are publicly accessible online.
- The letters are mostly from ordinary people across various European countries and have never been published before.
- Transcriptions and translations preserve original repetitions, awkwardness, contradictions, deletions, and damaged sections.
- Each letter links to its corresponding scans and full archival record in the Neruda Archives.
- The collection is titled 'Gewöhnliche Leben' (Ordinary Lives) and covers themes like illness, work, humor, grief, and dependency.
- The 'I.' in the title signifies the first of five planned volumes; the second will be thematically and geographically focused, and the third will center on a single year.
- The EPUB ISBN is 978-80-910055-7-9.
Entities
Artists
- Michal Neruda
- Marie Šoulová
Institutions
- Neruda Archives
Locations
- Czech Republic
- Paris
- France
- Marseille
- Skoky
- Bohemia
- Buda
- La Rochelle
- New York
- United States
- St. Johann
- Salzburg
- Austria