About this episode

Carlo Gebler discusses Virginia Evans' acclaimed epistolary novel, The Correspondent.

Send us Fan Mail Epistolary novels used to be all the rage Think Clarissa, think Dracula, think the more recent We need to talk about Kevin. Last year saw another smash hit epistolary novel, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, published to wide acclaim and stellar sales, and shortlisted for the 2026 Women’s Fiction prize . Three times a week, 73-year-old Sybil Van Antwerp sits down at her desk in her Maryland home to write her letters. Her correspondence has been, as she puts it, "the mainst...

People in this episode

Hosts: Peter Sirr, Enda Wyley

Guest: Carlo Gebler

Topics covered

• epistolary novels
• literature
• writing
• correspondence
• women's fiction

Keywords

• epistolary novel
• Virginia Evans
• The Correspondent
• literature
• women's fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Correspondent, Clarissa, Dracula, We need to talk about Kevin

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