A person skilled in writing beautiful letters, or someone who excels at letter-writing as a literary form.
From 'belles-lettres,' the French term meaning 'beautiful letters,' referring to fine literature and elegant writing. The term implies aesthetic and literary excellence in written correspondence.
Before emails and texts, being a great letter-writer was an actual admired skill—people like Jane Austen and Benjamin Franklin were celebrated for their witty, elegant correspondence!
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