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Keats Love Letters Expected to Fetch $2 Million
Newly recovered love letters by poet John Keats are estimated to achieve approximately $2 million at auction. The collection includes the earliest known letter from Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne.
A collection of newly recovered love letters written by Romantic poet John Keats has surfaced for auction with an estimated value of approximately $2 million. The letters represent correspondence between Keats and his fiancée Fanny Brawne and include what is believed to be the earliest known letter from the poet to Brawne. The discovery adds to the documented personal correspondence of one of English literature's most significant figures. These materials provide rare insight into Keats's private life during a formative period.
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