Featuring letters from famous lovers in envelopes, an elegant gift book offers readers the experience of opening a love letter and includes reproductions of letters from Isadora Duncan, Robert Browning, Dylan Thomas, and others. 100,000 first printing. Lit Guild Alt. IP.
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"My weary mind turns for refreshment to the thought of you as a dusty traveller might sink onto a soft and grassy bank."
These tender words, written by Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet in 1853, offer just a hint of the rich collection of lovers' correspondence preserved in Michelle Lovric's Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion. This slim volume is overflowing with excerpted quotations that are artfully arranged around paintings and line drawings with a Victorian flair, and every passionate word is carefully attributed with names, dates, and details. But the excerpted quotations are only a fraction of the book's appeal: the real draw is the letters that Lovric tracked down and photographed in museums and libraries all over the world. In the tradition of Griffin and Sabine, these reproductions are tucked into envelopes and must be removed in order to be read. In this way, Lovric offers us a peek into the legendary relationships of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, and Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin, among others. Capturing the words of lovers--some famous, some not--in their own sometimes-hurried handwriting endows the epistolary with a remarkable sense of history and undeniable passion.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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It set my heart and soul on fire!,
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This review is from: Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion (Hardcover)
LOVE is such a difficult emotion to express. How could such a small word mean so much. Yet the English language is still not sufficient to express its importance. "Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion" manages to capture the range of possibilities that LOVE holds for each and everyone of us. The reproduction of some of the actual letters was a thoughtful touch; it was like opening one of our own very secret love letters.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Beautiful presentation of letters,
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This review is from: Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion (Hardcover)
Ths book is a beautiful one...each letter is unique, in both voice and presentation. Some are reproductions of originals, by the author's hand, so that you can see pauses, underlines, and bold strokes. All are touching, and remind us of love's power and occasionally, power to destroy.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Top Notch,
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This review is from: Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion (Hardcover)
I rarely find a book that is this beautiful and wonderfully put together. I'll keep this book forever. I'd also recommend The RoMANtic's Guide for the true romantic at heart.
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