Reading a life: Letters, Book 1 -- Reading a book: Letters, Book 6 -- Epistolary models: Cicero and Seneca -- Pliny's elders and betters: the Elder Pliny, Vestricius Spurinna, Corellius Rufus, Verginius Rufus (and Silius Italicus) -- Pliny's peers:...
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Reading a life: Letters, Book 1 -- Reading a book: Letters, Book 6 -- Epistolary models: Cicero and Seneca -- Pliny's elders and betters: the Elder Pliny, Vestricius Spurinna, Corellius Rufus, Verginius Rufus (and Silius Italicus) -- Pliny's peers: reading for the addressee -- Otium: how to manage leisure -- Reading the villa letters: 9.7, 2.17, 5.6 -- The grand design: how to read the collection -- Appendix 1. A Pliny timeline, and the great Comum inscription -- Appendix 2. Letters 1-9: catalogue of contents and addressees -- Appendix 3. Popular topics in the Letters: bibliographical help -- Appendix 4. Index of main characters in the Letters. This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context