Swiping Right in the 1700s: The Evolution of Personal Ads

Our latest Longreads Member Pick, by Noga Arikha, author of Passions and Tempers, on the the history of personal ads. The essay was first published in Lapham’s Quarterly.

Author: Noga Arikha
Source: Lapham’s Quarterly
Published: Feb 21, 2014
Length: 12 minutes (3,200 words)