−50%Letters to a Young Friend: Counsel from history's great letter writers, gathered and retold
Margaret Ellery · narrated by Adeline Prescott
2026
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You will settle in with Adeline Prescott's measured, intimate reading as she delivers counsel originally penned by history's most thoughtful correspondents. Margaret Ellery has gathered letters from philosophers, artists, and quiet observers, then shaped them into chapters that speak directly to the restlessness and private wondering of modern life. You will hear about the stories we tell ourselves without knowing, the peculiar clarity found in the hour before the world rushes in, and how walking can become its own form of thinking. The tone is unhurried and conversational, like a friend leaving a lamp on late. Prescott's voice carries the weight of ink on paper, each sentence given room to breathe. You will come away feeling less alone with your own unspoken questions.
21 chapters
- 1The Sayings3m
- 2Where These Came From3m
- 3Chapter 1: A Letter You Did Not Expect17m
- 4Chapter 2: What Restlessness Really Is13m
- 5Chapter 3: The Habit of Reaching Past Now17m
- 6Chapter 4: The Stories We Tell Without Knowing20m
- 7Chapter 5: The Hour Before the World Rushes In19m
- 8Chapter 6: Walking as a Way of Thinking16m
- 9Chapter 7: The Company of One Good Book14m
- 10Chapter 8: Writing It Down to Let It Go18m
- 11Chapter 9: The Meal Made with Care19m
- 12Chapter 10: Sitting with Someone Who Says Little17m
- 13Chapter 11: The Garden, Even a Small One19m
- 14Chapter 12: Sleep Honored as a Threshold17m
- 15Chapter 13: Choosing What Reaches You16m
- 16Chapter 14: The Thread You Follow Back16m
- 17Chapter 15: A Letter to Your Own Tomorrow13m
- 18Chapter 16: When the Dark Does Not Lift16m
- 19Carrying Them On4m
- 20About the Author2m
- 21Before You Close the Book1m
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