Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality by Ferdinand Mount #joyce has choked Western civilization

has choked Western civilization

If you take the time to stop and listen

seasonal produce and artful presentation

Featuring stunning location photography from across the Nordic region

as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool

Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality by Ferdinand Mount #joyce has choked Western civilizationDATE OF RELEASE: 24 SEPT 2026 '[An] erudite, immensely entertaining book Mount makes for a delightful guide' Literary ReviewFrom troubadours to Twitter: a thousand years of feelings, fads and furious sentiment, from renowned essayist Ferdinand Mount. Whatever we think we feel, you can be sure that the past has had a part to play in it. In Soft, Ferdinand Mount tells the millennium long history of emotion through delightful snapshots, often mischievous