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The History of Fandom, 1700-1900 (Live)

You're Dead to Me

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Fan Mail - I'm Your Biggest Fan

There is this sense in phantom generally, that even if there are loads of us, you still feel like you have the most personal connection. In a letter to byron, one of the women writes, your lordship is not addressed by one of those frivolous beings who conclude that it is very sentimental and captivating over lord byron's poery. But more often than iryhills, yes, yesbut more often than not, it's a self exploration. Lots of letter writers in the nineteenth century literally describe it as a type of therapy, and say that they've felt so much better having poured their heart out in this way. There iso, i can't deny the in

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