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Dewey Decimal Number: 808.863543 EAN: 9780517223338 ISBN: 0517223333 Label: Gramercy Manufacturer: Gramercy Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: January 04, 2005 Publisher: Gramercy Release Date: January 04, 2005 Studio: Gramercy Editorial Review: Product Description: If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter speaks a thousand more . . . Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter. Much the way light displays every color when passed through a prism, love letters express the spectrum of our emotions, offering a colorful glimpse into the soul of the writer, and of the writer’s beloved. For passionate readers and lovers of words, a letter is irresistible. Internationally renowned collector David Lowenherz sifted through hundreds and hundreds of historical and contemporary epistles and selected the most ardent, witty, whimsical, sexy, clever, and touching letters for this inspiring collection. Unlike interviews or biographies, these letters give us marvelous insight into the lives of some of history’s most famous lovers and provide intimate glimpses into the hearts of some whose fervent or amusing expressions of devotion will come as a great surprise. Zelda Fitzgerald to Scott Fitzgerald Michelangelo Buonarroti to Vittoria Colonna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart toConstanze Mozart Harry Truman to Bess Wallace Khalil Gibran to Mary Haskell Benjamin Franklin to Madame Brillon Horatio Nelson to Emma Hamilton George Bush to Barbara Pierce Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn Elizabeth Barrett Browning to George Barrett Jack London to Anna Strunsky Marc Chagall to Bella Chagall Ernest Hemingway to Mary Welsh Jack Kerouac to Sebastian Sampas Alfred Dreyfus to Lucie Dreyfus Marjorie Fossa to Elvis Presley Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West Ludwig van Beethoven to the “Immortal Beloved” Emma Goldman to Ben Reitman Frida Kahlo to Diego Rivera Dylan Thomas to Caitlin Thomas Franz Kafka to Felice Bauer Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine Bonaparte Abigail Smith to John Adams John Ruskin to Euphemia Ruskin George Sand to Gustave Flaubert Simone de Beauvoir to Nelson Algren Anaïs Nin to Henry Miller Voltaire to Marie Louise Denis James Thurber to Eva Prout George Bernard Shaw to Stella Campbell Sarah Bernhardt to Jean Richepin Marcel Proust to Daniel Halevy Frank Lloyd Wright to Maude Miriam Noel Anne Sexton to Philip Legler Elizabeth I to Thomas Seymour Oscar Wilde to Constance Lloyd Katherine Mansfield to John Middleton Maury Charles Parnell to Katherine O’Shea Lewis Carroll to Clara Cunnyngham Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Nice, but not greatSome of the letters are interesting, but mostly not that romantic. Definitely not the greatest letters ever, and some are not even letters at all. The formatting made it a little difficult to read. Overall it was okay, but not quite what I was hoping for based on the title. Rating:  - George Bush does NOT belong in a book of love letters!This WOULD have been a 5-star book, but I'm sorry, the man who is the front man for the people that have been ruining our country is NOT someone's name I want to THINK about much less read in a book about LOVE. For the VERY politically tolerant, you may like this book, but I do NOT recommend it for those who really feel a personal upset about Presidents Bush Sr. and/or Bush Jr. Ruins it, ruins it, ruins it, ruins it! Maybe 50 years from now I can stomach to read a love letter written ... Read More Rating:  - A beautiful book of loveIf you saw sex in the city movie you will love this book as it is filled with love poems like Carrie was reading. Rating: - What's going on with the price?Apologies up front. I've not yet read this book but my wife wants to have it very much. I gave the book 5 stars to avoid unfairly down-rating the work; (I assume it will be exactly what I expect it to be). I nearly shelled out the $50 (or higher) that this site is asking for this book. Barnes and Noble online is selling this for $8.99. I love Amazon and use it all the time but this price differential really ticks me off. How's this possible? Rating:  - A few very good letters The hype offends. Why the 'fifty greatest love letters' of all time? Why not 'fifty great love - letters?' That too would be misleading as there are not fifty great letters here. In fact there may not even be ten. What there is is very small excerpts of a number of good love- letters, including those from some of the great love- letter writers of all- time. The tremendous letter of Elizabeth Browning to her brother George telling the story of Browning's love for her, and how it wholly changed her life ... Read More |
