Handwritten love letters a lifetime gift.

Handwritten letters are the preferred choice to express emotions. Letters can be preserved for ever and there is nothing like reliving those memories when you go back and read them. Love letters which are written on paper have a greater impact than any other medium, be it SMSes or e-mails. Cellphones have revolutionised the way we communicate with each other but it misses the emotional element in SMSes and e-mails.

 A title is being published by the British Library; ‘2000 Years of Romance’– the first-ever anthology to reproduce original love letters in the writers' own handwriting. The letters featured are drawn from the Library's unique and vast collections of iconic individuals like Henry VIII, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde from 168 BC to the 20th century.

 Verbal messages can be forgotten, but written words are for ever and an inevitable part of a relationship. Moreover, they are an incomparable way of expressing love. Letters also seem more genuine than any other form of communication. An example  is a letter written by Charlotte Brontë to Professor Constantin Héger in November 1844 . She was infatuated with her Belgian professor and wrote letters to him. Despite the fact that Professor Héger tore up three of them and threw four away, those four have survived. Thanks to his wife, we are able to read them today.

A handwritten love letter is a keepsake for the heart, a treat for the senses. A small handwritten note near the pillow, on the kitchen shelf, in the purse and even the occasional scent of perfume or cologne can accompany sweet words from a loved one.