Monday, June 30, 2014

Love letters of great men


Love letters of great menThis book brought together the most romantic samples of the epistolary genre, undeservedly forgotten in this age of electronic mail and SMS messages.


For some of these great men love - "sweet poison" (William Congreve); for others it is a "pretty meek wife on the sofa in front of a hot fire with books and music" (Charles Darwin). Love can burn as hot sun (Henry VIII), or to penetrate into the depths of the heart, as the cool rain (Flaubert). Here you can see all the nuances and intricacies of this great feelings from graceful eloquence and humble piety Robert Browning to a surprisingly modern sufferings of the Roman Pliny the Younger, the outgoing head into work to forget how much he misses his beloved wife of Calpurnia.




Reading love letters of great men, we understand that humanity is, in essence, little has changed in the last two thousand years. Passion, jealousy, hope - all these emotions we find out here, along with the simple pleasure to send a letter and receive a reply tcheloveka, whom you love more than anything else. Literary talent is an optional condition for sincere love letters, no matter in what form it is written and in what way will reach the addressee.




Excellent design, stylish layout and illustrations make the book a great gift for any occasion and for any occasion!














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