Forbidden Fruit: From The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Penguin Great Loves) [Mass Market Paperback]

Peter Abelard (Author), Heloise (Author), Radice (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 18, 2007 | Series: Penguin Great Loves

Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly, no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love, the nine titles in the Penguin Great Loves collection include tales of blissful and all- encompassing, doomed and tragic, erotic and absurd, seductive and adulterous, innocent and murderous love. A deeply moving addition to the Penguin Great Ideas and Great Journeys series, each gorgeously packaged book will challenge all expectations of love while celebrating the beauty of its existence.

All books in this series: Cures for Love
Doomed Love
The Eaten Heart
First Love
Forbidden Fruit
The Kreutzer Sonata
A Mere Interlude
Of Mistresses, Tigresses and Other Conquests
The Seducer's Diary

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About the Author

Peter Abelard was a French philosopher and the greatest logician of the 12th century. He taught in Paris, where Heloise was his pupil. After the tragic end of their marriage, she became a nun & he a monk. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint edition (December 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0141034807
• ISBN-13: 978-0141034805
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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