The Upton Letters

“I shall end by convincing myself that there is no real happiness to be found except in expatriation!” T. B. begins by consoling Herbert—and catches himself arguing that exile may be a blessing.

In England in 1904, Herbert is preparing to leave for Madeira, and his old friend T. B. writes from Upton to soften the blow. A schoolmaster with a sharp eye for boys, landscapes and the hidden weather of the heart, T. B. weighs the freedoms of a new life against the books, familiar countryside and friendships Herbert must leave behind. His letters are candid, warm and full of turns from gentle counsel to private longing; they become a way for two friends to keep speaking without ceremony, even across the distance. What might they discover when they tell each other what is truly on their minds?

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