A woman and a letter

Slow Reading the Classics

Rediscovering the Lost Joy of Letters

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Welcome to Attic & Ivy Letters

Classic stories, reimagined and delivered to your door.

Every month, you’ll open your mailbox and find a letter — or two — from another time. Maybe it’s Jane Eyre writing about Thornfield Hall before the fire. Maybe it’s Dr. Watson jotting down an early case note, never meant to be published. All adapted from public domain novels. All rewritten as if the characters were still alive and sending you their thoughts by post.

Each envelope feels like discovery. Weighty paper. Wax seal. Tucked in with care. Something you can hold, unfold, reread.

How It Works

You subscribe.
We send you letters.
You live inside a story.

Each series runs for a year. Every few weeks, a new letter arrives. You’ll get to know the characters through their own voices — the trembling ink of heartbreak, the dry wit of a familiar hero, the quiet ache of someone waiting.

Think of it as reading a classic... but slower. More intimate. Like the story is confiding in you.

Why Letters?

Because everything else moves too fast. Because opening the mailbox shouldn’t just mean bills.

There’s something magic about holding a real letter again — that pause before breaking the seal. “Attic & Ivy Letters” was born from the love of old books, old handwriting, and the simple thrill of mail that matters.

(And honestly? We just missed paper that tells a story.)

For the Collectors and the Dreamers

Our letters come ready to keep — perfectly sized for your journal or tied stack. You can gift a subscription too, of course. A story makes a better present than another mug.

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