Love Letters: A Romantic Treasury (Miniature Editions) (Hardcover)

~ Rick Smith (Author) "A love letter is the most intimate correspondence a person can receive..." (more)

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From sweet nothings to the profound insights of a person's soul, love letters capture a rare glimpse of our innermost thoughts and desires. Here we see love as defined by literary greats of the last two centuries, including Franz Kafka, Anais Nin, Jack London, and Vita Sackville-West.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Running Press Miniature Editions; Min edition (March 3, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561386898
• ISBN-13: 978-1561386895
• Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 2.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #492,376 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars THIS LITTLE BOOK OF LOVE LETTERS, IS INDEED A ROMANTIC TREASURY!!, July 26, 2009

By	Teresa "SWEETHEART" (NORTH CAROLINA, USA) - See all my reviews

This book is one of my favorites, eventhough, it is a very small book, a miniature edition, I just love it! The title and cover of this book is what inspired me to buy it. I highly recommend this book! You will want to read it more than once!

If you love romance, and history, and love letters, YOU WILL LOVE THIS AMAZING, LITTLE BOOK! I also loved the beautiful & colorful and romantic illustrations used, all through out the book!

This book is a awesome collection of heartfelt quotations, excerpted from love letters & poems from famous people, who lived so long ago, and from people we don't even know! As you are reading this book, you noticed right away how all consuming, and wonderful love can be! In this book there is quotations of love letters & poems from:
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (c. 1769-1821) to JOSEPHINE BONAPARTE
HENRY VIII (1491-1547) to ANNE BOLEYN
JOHN KEATS(1795-1821) to FANNY BRAWNE
ROBERT BROWNING(1812-1889) to ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
EDITH BOLLING GALT(1872-1961)to WOODROW WILSON
[THOMAS E.]LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1888-1935)

And the list goes on, there are so many more, some of my favorites are the following:

{To PETER ABELARD:

I have your picture in my room. I never pass by it without stopping to look at it; and yet when you were present with me, I scarce ever cast my eyes upon it. If a picture which is but a mute representation of an object can give such pleasure, what cannot letters inspire?
They have souls, they can speak, they have in them all the force which expresses the transport of the heart; they have all the fire of our passions....

From: HELOISE (c.1098-1164)}

{ The feeling of separation,
what is there to say
But that the heart
is an endless river of stars.

-WEN T'ING-YUN (c. 813-870)}

If you are a hopeless romantic like me, who loves romance, and love stories, and especially love stories of long ago, YOU WILL LOVE THIS AMAZING, MINIATURE LITTLE BOOK!!