Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality

Soft: A Brief History of SentimentalityAuthor: Mount, Ferdinand ISBN: 9781399421881 Publisher: Bloomsbury Year first published: 13 Jan 2026 Pages: 320 Format: Hardback '(An) erudite, immensely entertaining book Mount makes for a delightful guide' Literary Review From troubadours to Twitter a thousand years of feelings, fads and furious sentiment, from renowned essayist Ferdinand Mount. Whatever we think we feel, you can be sure that the past has had a part to play in it. In Soft, Ferdinand

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