dear reader

• belovedOne who is treasured
• gentleSoft and kind
• cherishedHeld dear, prized
• audienceGathered viewers collectively
• narratorOne who tells events

storyteller · intimate · addressed · faithful · listener · companion · pages · prose · epistolary · Victorian · author · direct · aside · confidant · bookworm · literary · salutation · affectionate

• greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
• openersbottle opener, can opener, corkscrew, church key, churchkey
• direct addressvocative, apostrophe, O, hail, hey