'The devoted friend' / Oscar Wilde. 'Of friendship' / Francis Bacon -- From The life of Samuel Johnson / James Boswell -- 'Friendship' / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- 'Friendship among women' from What can a woman do? or, Her position in the business and literary world / Alice Emma Ives -- From Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Harriet Jacobs -- From The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett -- 'The decay of friendship', from The idler / Samuel Johnson -- From Zami: a new spelling of my name / Audre Lorde -- 'Of friendship' / Michel de Montaigne -- From Anne of Green Gables / Lucy Maud Montgomery -- 'In friendship / Anne Isabella thackeray Ritchie -- 'The devoted friend' / Oscar Wilde.
Summary:
Why Friendship Matters is an inspiring collection that spans three centuries of writing and includes many favourite authors such as Michel de Montaigne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Jane Austen. Readers will also discover lesser-known delights such as American writer Audre Lorde on her high school friendships and playwright Alice E. Ives writing about friendship between women. Contributors from across the globe celebrate and investigate all aspects of friendship; the strength of its bonds, how it can hurt and how it runs deep.
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