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1. Dear Agatha Christie...

   5/5Novelist Ian Sansom has a theory to put to the Queen of Crime.
2. Dear Virginia Woolf...

   4/5A letter of apology to Virginia Woolf from novelist Ian Sansom.
3. Dear George Eliot...

   3/5Novelist Ian Sansom pens a missive to George Eliot...
4. Dear Jonathan Swift...

   2/5Ian Sansom writes an imaginary letter to Jonathan Swift and interrogates him about his art
5. Dear Geoffrey Chaucer...

   1/5Novelist Ian Sansom fires off a letter to Geoffrey Chaucer...