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1. Dear William...

   Ian Sansom writes to William Trevor to ask if every silver lining must have a cloud.
2. Dear Marianne ...

   Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore to finally ask her about that tricorn hat
3. Dear Oscar...

   Ian Sansom is in the gutter looking at the stars again as he writes to Oscar Wilde.
4. Dear Mary...

   Ian Sansom writes to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley, to ask her how on earth she coped?
5. Dear Dante...

   Ian Sansom drops a quick line to Dante.