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Voices In Time

1886 | London

Labor Union

Friendship vs. marriage.More

Voices In Time

c. 720 BC | Qi

Good Taste

Sima Qian on the art of selecting friends.More

Voices In Time

838 | Luoyang

Mad Men

Bai Juyi grows old with his best friend.More

Voices In Time

1831 | Beccles

Great Expectations

Edward FitzGerald fears he is better on paper.More

Voices In Time

1842 | Hoddesdon

Direct Mail

Sarah Stickney Ellis advises that everything is not copy.More

Voices In Time

1625 | London

Cash Crop

Francis Bacon on the noble fruits of friendship.More

Voices In Time

2021 | Chicago

Asking for a Friend

Advice from Captain Awkward.More

Voices In Time

1558 | Paris

Friends in High Places

Madame de La Fayette on the demands of loyalty.More

Voices In Time

1878 | Bougival

Keep Your Enemies Closer

Ivan Turgenev told you so.More

Voices In Time

1750 | London

Higher Love

Eliza Haywood wants a soul mate.More

Voices In Time

1872 | Downe

Emotional Support

Charles Darwin examines the small talk of pets.More

Voices In Time

1902 | Bromley

Mutual Aid and Support

Peter Kropotkin builds a social network.More

Voices In Time

1851 | New Bedford, MA

Work Spouse

Ishmael meets Queequeg.More

Voices In Time

1758 | London

Very Slender Differences

Samuel Johnson doubts the constancy of friends.More

Voices In Time

1674 | London

Job Interview

William Wycherley on friends true and false.More

Voices In Time

1840 | Paris

Invisible Thread

Tocqueville on community and equality.More

Voices In Time

c. 1905 | London

Risky Business

Virginia Woolf weighs the pros and cons of a new relationship.More

Voices In Time

2019 | Portland, OR

Party Host

Welcome to Friend Camp.More

Voices In Time

1839 | Paris

Happy Hour

Gustave Flaubert follows a pair of leisure seekers.More

Voices In Time

1759 | Yorkshire

Parting Words

Laurence Sterne says goodbye.More

Voices In Time

1878 | London

Chemistry Test

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes.More

Voices In Time

1843 | Weybridge, VT

Deeply Personal Commitment

William Cullen Bryant profiles companions for life.More

Voices In Time

1709 | London

Man’s Best Friend

Alexander Pope greets a very good boy.More

Voices In Time

1616 | London

Potluck

Ben Jonson sets a table and a scene.More

Voices In Time

1891 | Camden, NJ

Ourselves Owning

Walt Whitman pairs off.More

Voices In Time

c. 1840 | Mississippi River

That Whole River to Ourselves

Mark Twain lights out.More

Voices In Time

c. 330 BC | Athens

Rare Commodity

Aristotle’s relationship goals.More

Voices In Time

c. 430 BC | Athens

Fair-Weather Friends

William Shakespeare’s “knot of mouth-friends.”More

Voices In Time

1786 | Paris

No Rose Without a Thorn

Thomas Jefferson referees a match between the head and the heart.More

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