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Summary: Beautiful and collectible
Review: I just love books like this - it is beautifully illustrated, has a broad range of quotes in it and is simple to pick up and leaf through - or put down quickly if something comes up. I suppose this could count as a coffee table book - its largish and squarish and bound in hardcover but its not a weighty tome so it can be easily shoved into a good-sized handbag and dragged onto a bus or wherever you want a quick browse.This book is made up predominantly of short quotes from love-letters - Lovric has split these into different categories according to the tenor of the quote- these categories include such titles as; Penitent, Reproachful, Rapturous, Breathless, and Tormented. You can certainly leaf through it according to your mood - laugh, cry or sigh. Each category has about 10 quotes in it and is given a double facing-page, lavishly illustrated in a sort of Victorian scrap book style. A really wonderful bonus feature in this book is that in each category there is a replica of an entire original letter -you get to pull it out of its envelope - or unfold it - just as the original receiver would have. In case you can't read the writing which very often I couldn't, the letter is translated in full at the end of the book. Quotes come from a broad range of people, poets like Byron and Rupert Brooke, Kings like William IV, heros like Lord Nelson and writers like Jack London. There is a huge range of people used - some quite unknown - well unknown to me. I had never heard of Felice Schrangenheim before, but the Marriage contract drawn up by her for Lily West in the category 'Inextinguishable', had me in tears.
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Summary: Very passionate
Review: The author, Michelle Lovric, has assembled in her third book on letters some extremely lovely correspondence. With chapters titled Tormented, Longing, Playful, and many more, she has provided the world with letters from many different authors and many different eras. From Jack London...."you elude me. I cannot place you, cannot grasp you." From Emily Dickinson...."I think of love, and you, and my heart grows full and warm." There are far to many letters to quote from, and each is unique and revealing in its own way. A real treat for anyone who still writes with pen and paper and enjoys doing it.
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Summary: Very passionate
Review: The author, Michelle Lovric, has assembled in her third book on letters some extremely lovely correspondence. With chapters titled Tormented, Longing, Playful, and many more, she has provided the world with letters from many different authors and many different eras. From Jack London...."you elude me. I cannot place you, cannot grasp you." From Emily Dickinson...."I think of love, and you, and my heart grows full and warm." There are far to many letters to quote from, and each is unique and revealing in its own way. A real treat for anyone who still writes with pen and paper and enjoys doing it.
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Summary: Beautifully Detailed Anthology of Deep Love & Fiery Passion
Review: Wow! This book is such a delight to the senses. Lovric's beautifully illustrated and arranged book is a compilation of excerpts from love letters written throughout this and centuries past. Often heated, passionate, and always articulate, these letters conjure up the idea of timeless love and ageless passion. Next to many of the quotes is biographical information about the author and recipient. The authors' often turbulent relationships parallel those today. Frankly, I was quite surprised by how little has changed. This book took me back to a time past when letter writing was considered an art. While e-mail is a great tool nowadays, our virtual letters seem to lack the sophistication and thoughtfulness that is prevalant in earlier forms of letter writing. It was so nice to see an author take the time to go back and explore this fine art. Another lovely feature of the book is its inclusion of actual printed letters inserted in paper envelopes throughout the book. (For those who have read the "Griffin and Sabine" series of books -- this is very similar in look/feel.) I felt a thrill opening each envelope and peering at the letter inside. Since each author's handwriting leaves a bit to be desired, Lovric ads a printed "translation" of each letter to the end of the book. I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys the art of letters and has ever been (or plans to be) in love. You won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: Beautifully Detailed Anthology of Deep Love & Fiery Passion
Review: Wow! This book is such a delight to the senses. Lovric's beautifully illustrated and arranged book is a compilation of excerpts from love letters written throughout this and centuries past. Often heated, passionate, and always articulate, these letters conjure up the idea of timeless love and ageless passion. Next to many of the quotes is biographical information about the author and recipient. The authors' often turbulent relationships parallel those today. Frankly, I was quite surprised by how little has changed. This book took me back to a time past when letter writing was considered an art. While e-mail is a great tool nowadays, our virtual letters seem to lack the sophistication and thoughtfulness that is prevalant in earlier forms of letter writing. It was so nice to see an author take the time to go back and explore this fine art. Another lovely feature of the book is its inclusion of actual printed letters inserted in paper envelopes throughout the book. (For those who have read the "Griffin and Sabine" series of books -- this is very similar in look/feel.) I felt a thrill opening each envelope and peering at the letter inside. Since each author's handwriting leaves a bit to be desired, Lovric ads a printed "translation" of each letter to the end of the book. I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys the art of letters and has ever been (or plans to be) in love. You won't be dissapointed.
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