Letters of Note Cats, Shaun Usher
Letters of Note Cats, Shaun Usher
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Letters of Note: Cats

Author: Shaun Usher

Narrator: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Danny Huston, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Helen McCrory, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Mangan, Various

Unabridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/06/2020


Synopsis

An irresistible new volume of affectionate missives about our feline companions from Charles Dickens, Anne Frank, Raymond Chandler, Elizabeth Taylor, and more, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections

Florence Nightingale sends care instructions to the woman who has just adopted her angora tomcat Mr. White. T. S. Eliot issues a rhyming birthday party invitation to all Jellicle cats for his four-year-old godson. Jack Kerouac's mother grieves at the death of the family cat. Jack Lemmon winkingly suggests to Walter Matthau that they go in on a cat ranch in Mexico. This utterly charming collection offers a warm and friendly look at the place that cats occupy in our hearts and lives. These thirty letters capture the profound delight of having or observing a cat, and they reveal a keen insight into feline nature as well as our own.

Letters of Note: Cats also includes audio exclusive bonus content drawn from recordings made at performances of Letters Live, the live events series produced by Canongate in partnership with SunnyMarch and Shaun Usher. Listen to Toby Jones reading John Cheever’s letter to Susie Herbst and an ensemble cast reading a flurry of letters to the Guardian on the hotly contested topic of ‘cats vs dogs’.

Read by Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Danny Huston, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Helen McCrory, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Mangan, Miriam Margolyes, Clarke Peters, Mark Strong and Meera Syal

About The Author

SHAUN USHER is the creator of the enormously popular blogs lettersofnote.com and listsofnote.com and the compiler of the bestselling Letters of Note collections. He spends much of his time hunting for letters and making lists of things to share. He lives in Manchester, England, with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on November 11, 2024

I am a card-carrying cat lady. This was a lovely selection of letters regarding cats. 😍......more

Goodreads review by Heather on April 15, 2020

Thank you to Penguin for giving me a digital galley of this book in exchange for feedback. I've seen the "Letters of Note" web site, mostly when other people have share a link to some specific interesting letter. It's a gathering of interesting, wise, amusing, or horrifying letters, often but not alw......more

Goodreads review by Katie on July 23, 2023

As a lover of letter writing, history, literature, and of course, cats, I found this book delightful, especially β€œThe Cat Is Not a Simple Equation,” β€œA Pile of 5000 Cats and Kittens,” and β€œHe is Not Forgiving Cat.”......more

Goodreads review by Christina on December 31, 2021

I enjoy those collections of letters but I don't think that I ever will rate one more than 3 stars because of my different enjoyment of each individual letter. My personal favourite in this book was letter number 03 "The Cat Ranch". The dark humor in this paticular one is right up my alley.......more