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The letters of Lord Byron go up for auction at Sotheby's.....

Letters Offer An Intimate Portrait Of Poet Lord Byron

The British poet Lord Byron is well-known for his flamboyance. He had love affairs with women, men and the occasional relative, and one mistress called him "mad, bad and dangerous to know" — all of which makes his friendship with Francis Hodgson a surprise.

Byron and Hodgson, a clergyman whom the poet met at Cambridge, maintained a spirited, lifelong correspondence through letters. Now, a collection of their letters dating from 1808 to 1821 is up for auction at Sotheby's.

Gabriel Heaton, who works in the books and manuscripts department at Sotheby's, describes the letters as "just beautiful."

"The way that you can get a sense of Byron's thought process from his letters is just spine-tingling," he tells Renee Montagne. "There's always something interesting going on in Byron's life, and he always expresses it so wonderfully."

Read the full story on NPR here.

Lord Byron and the History of Desire

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