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A poison pen letter (or poisoned pen letter[1]) is a letter or note containing unpleasant, abusive, or malicious statements or accusations about the recipient or a third party. It is usually sent anonymously, often by employing the ransom note effect to avoid exposing the author's handwriting.
27 feb 2024 · The true story of the foul-mouthed poison pen letters that inspired Olivia Colman's new film | Sky HISTORY TV Channel. Historian Emily Cockayne discusses the Littlehampton poison pen letters, the case that provided the historical basis for 'Wicked Little Letters'
8 gen 2024 · In the early twentieth century one genre of anonymous letter became so prominent it was given a name: the “poison pen” letter. Coined in America, the term “poison pen” was first used in 1911 in a headline for an article in the Maryland Evening Post.
- Emily Cockayne
31 ago 2009 · “a small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as ‘poison pen letters.’” In 1942, Agatha Christie based one of her Miss Marple mysteries on the concept of the poison pen letter in “The Moving Finger.”
21 set 2023 · Penning Poison by Emily Cockayne — the impulse to send venomous letters. A well-researched and fascinating look at the murky history of poison pen letters, and the envy and jealousy that drives...
- Miranda Seymour
2 giu 2024 · poison pen (plural poison pens) (idiomatic) A manner, means, or tone of expression had by a written work, characterized by spitefulness, defamation, and/or intimidation directed toward a person, organization, or point of view. 1936 August 31, “ Maine Politics Afield ”, in Lewiston Evening Journal, USA, retrieved 27 Aug. 2010:
3 set 2023 · The term “poison pen letter” refers to any message sent anonymously – either unsigned, or signed only with initials, symbols or a pseudonym – with the apparent aim of unsettling the person to...
