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Dear Mrs. Danvers,
Thank you for your note written with such a firm hand. I will immediately begin following Lord Manleigh to wherever he may lead me. As for the other requirements, my Christian name is Elizabeth and I reside in York. I love being surrounded by old ramparts. Ancient walls, crooked streets and sagging structures remind me of family. I share your concern about the Italianate matter. Trust me that it is just a quick indulgence and I haven't filled my shelves yet. I'm afraid my tomes may be rather academic-minded. Dreary. But I do look forward to reading more contemporary work. Lastly, I swear not to Lurk or Shirk. When I last visited Horace at the asylum he told me, through his tremblings and wild gesticulating, never to make the same mistake he did. Alas. Poor sot.
Kind regards,
E
Dear Mrs. Danvers,
Our mutual friend, Horace Pendelbury Davenport, has insisted that I get in touch with you. I would enjoy being a part of Anglophiles Anonymous. Is this possible?
Danny, dear, have you the faintest inkling what this white goo in this round container is? Tinky's Aunt Hecuba says it came out of a pond. You don't suppose it. . .comes from swans?
Dear Mrs. Danvers,
Lord Manleigh and the gracious and lovely Elizabeth M. suggested I leave a note with you regarding Anglophiles Anon. Though a mere peasant from the colonies, I would be most delighted to join as I am a lifelong lover of all things English.
Faithfully Yours,
StoryHeart
Dear Mrs. Danvers, Lord Manleigh suggested I leave a note with you regarding his reading group. I would be most greateful if you could follow up on this. I do hope that the fact I am actually British does not in any way prevent my membership. I currently live in France so I hope this ex-pat status will assist me in my application. On the other hand I am obviously well versed in British matters and can assist members of the group with their impersonations of British tourists who do not in fact all speak like Eliza Doolittle. I suggest a study of Stephen Fry for those who wish to appear to be contemporary British Gentlemen of the upper crust. Do please give my regards to Rebecca. Yours Faithfully ( Please do note, we Brits only write Sincerley when we have met the person and I have my doubts as to whether etiquette would allow us to ever write sincerely to a member of the serving classes) Mrs. Elizabeth Victoria Portia Madeleine Eglantine Beatrice Charlotte Winnifred Muriel Manchester
Dear Potential Anglophiles - Do rest assured that Mrs. Danvers does see your messages, even though she doesn't appear to have logged on for ages.
Yours cordially,
M.
Dear Mrs. Danvers,
I write to you seeking membership in the venerable Lord Manleigh's Anglophiles Anonymous. I am a voracious reader of English literature ever since discovering the late Douglas Adams. Since then, I have sampled the works of Wodehouse, Waugh, Lewis, Greene, Austen, Mitford, Christie and Fleming, among many others. One of my most favourite hobbies is walking up to a stranger in New York and impersonating an English tourist. It is great fun, and I most recommend it.
I feel that I would make a wonderful member of the Anglophiles. It is most difficult for me, as my family are all colonial rebels who disagree with my Tory standings. So I would like to find a group with which to share my high opinion of English literary matters.
In conclusion, I hope that I meet the expectations of the Anglophiles, and I nervously await your reply.
Sincerely,
Sir Will Fagan, Duke of Cheshire
Dear Mrs. Danvers,
I take the liberty of writing to you, having been favorably recommended by Mrs. Constance Oxford-Whapdoodle to the excellent organization known as Anglophiles Anonymous. I am, sadly, consigned to the American colonies during the present time, but, as with all things, duty must, perforce, be of paramount importance, so I see little opportunity to return to England.
Even in this dreary corner of the world, however, I am comforted by my friends Dickens, Austen, C.S. Lewis, Muriel Spark, P.G. Wodehouse and, of course, the Brontës. It would give me the greatest pleasure to share these readings with those of a like mind and sensibility and I ask that you might transmit my card to His Grace. I await your reply by return post and I am,
Most cordially yours,
Tryphosa Pepperdine.
Dear Mrs Danvers,
I received an invitation from his lordship and my interest has been piqued. I would feel it an honour to join your group. I have to confess I own and occasionally use a Kindle. I hope that does not taint my eligibility. It didn't take me long to choose a character name and I am able to fulfil a fantasy by signing myself
Yours
Mrs Darcy
Dear Mrs. Danvers,
I am writing to express my interest in joining the Anglophiles Anonymous group (assuming that your anglophilia extends at times to the rest of the British Isles, including my beloved Scotland.)
At the risk of being cited for lurking, I have reviewed with great interest the group's reading lists, and, where possible, the bookshelves of the group's members.
I understand that my inclusion in the group would be dependent on my ability to abide by your expectations. I am sure that you will understand that the converse is also true. My commitment to the group depends on my satisfaction with the level of exchange and engagement of the group, which, by all accounts promises to be challenging and fulfilling.
I await your reply.
Yours truly,
Miss Jean B
My dear Mrs. Danvers,
Ever since my mother read me Winnie the Pooh when I was a child, I've had a love affair with British life. I had the good fortune to live in London for fifteen years, just round the corner from where George Orwell once lived in Canonbury Square.
Right now I'm working my way through Susan Howatch's Church of England series (Glittering Images, etc), but "working" isn't the right word because these novels are a pleasure to read. I've read quite a few of the books that your group has read, so our literary interests seem to coincide.
I look forward to being an active participant in your excellent group and trust that you will welcome me into membership.
With kindest regards,
Yours sincerely,
MaMere (Susan Montgomery)
Dear Mrs. Danvers:
Kindly review my application to the Anglophiles Anonymous group. Once I discovered the existence of AA, I thought - this is the group I've been looking for among my friends. As I review your reading lists of the past few years, I have several overlaps of authors: Saki, Thomas Hardy, Margaret Atwood, Lewis Carroll, Graham Greene, Joseph Conrad, Noel Coward, and Charlotte Bronte. My favorite author, who is also English (Anglo Irish) is Iris Murdoch. In fact, I would love to have a very heated discussion about Murdoch's novels, their characters, plots, and the point of view of an English literati vs. an American middle class person.
Oh I'm too serious. I really hope to develop a sense of humor and wit before it's too late by reading and matching wits with you members.
Sincerely, Susan Livingston
Dear Mrs. Danvers,
I have long known that my heart resides in England while my body resides in the USA. I just returned from 2 weeks in London and I feel the need for some anglophiles in my life.
I'd like to join the Anglophiles Anonymous group. While I was in London I stayed in an apartment in Bloomsbury. Does that help qualify me for membership?
I just read "The Sisters" - the saga of the Mitford family. I am a fan of all the Mapp and Lucia books. I wanted desparately to get to Rye while I was in England, as a tribute to E. F. Benson. Sadly, we just did not have time to get there on this trip.
I think I could learn a lot by chatting with this group. I hope I will be able to join you.
Ellen
Dear Mrs. Danvers,
I am writing you in the hope that you will forward this message to Lord Manleigh, in order to gain admission to the exclusive literary club called Anglophiles Anonymous.
I have sampled literary works from the four corners of the earth, but I count a number of British authors among my favourites. Many of my hours were whiled away in the company of Dickens, H.G. Wells, the Brontë sisters, Rose Tremain, Robert Graves and Mary Stewart.
Though I am not a native of your beautiful country, genealogical enquiries will confirm that the van der Luydens are direct descendents of the first Dutch governor of Manhattan and, what is more, related by marriage to several members of the British aristocracy.
I have acquainted myself with the rules and regulations of your club, and I can assure you that I will follow these to the letter.
Awaiting your answer, I remain,
Mrs. van der Luyden
Dear Mrs. Danvers,
Upon entering a place so oddly named – must they have coined a word that so strongly suggests library furniture romping through Kenyan wildlife sanctuaries at night? – , I found myself just the slightest bit disappointed at its seeming pointlessness. It was only after I happened upon Anglophiles Anonymous that I decided to linger long enough to know whether you would consider my admission.
Regarding my dedication to all things Angl-ish, I believe my collection of books does reflect, despite its present haphazard state, a certain preoccupation with that country, and with those associated with it. However, this fascination is often one-sided; I hope that by acquainting myself with fellow-Anglophiles, I will be able to engage less than sporadically with the books I love -- or don't. I must confess to the occasional craving for terrible books, but on the whole, I find myself most pleased in the company of those who do not believe that a novel is merely a stringing together of a few grammatically sound word clusters.
One cannot but be chary of revealing one’s identity when one is involved in the espionage business – terribly messy, you know; the laundry costs are unbelievable, and they don’t give us an allowance for it, either, but there you have it -- so rest assured that such things will never encroach upon our discussions. You may also be at ease regarding my participation; I intend to be neither a lurker nor a shirker.
I do hope you will consider my application in a favourable light; I would be much delighted to gain access to what appears to be your rather rarefied circles. I beg you to consider me,
Your Most Sincere Well-Wisher,
R. Eglantina Chittlethwaite
Dear Mrs. Danvers, please accept this note as my most humble request for admittance into AA. At times I am convinced that I am Catherine of Aragon reincarnated - in her later, most English years, of course. My deep love of Punch, Dickens, Wharton, Austen, Woolf, Shakespeare, Wells, Wilde, Kipling, Hardy, Stevenson, Doyle, Carroll, Lawrence, Joyce, Christie - and my personal favorite George Du Maurier and of all things Victorian, Tudor/Elizabethan and even my modern guilty pleasures in Rowling... lead me to believe AA will help me achieve the level of knowledge in the area of British Literature I've been longing for which my mid-western roots have denied me! I bid you to accept my plea for entry into your secret bibliophagic assembly - I anxiously await your answer...
Dearest Mrs. Danvers,
Please excuse my bad manners in not visiting as soon as I returned but please know it could not be helped. I wish to beg His Lordship's pardon in person and wish for a chance to redeem myself and to that effect have enclosed my card. I pray I shall find His Lordship well and ever so kind as I remember. I am forever--
Your Portia Gwyneth Bonham-Wickham
*looks down below* My, but you've been a busy correspondent Danny.
No wonder you have no time for other reading!
