Love Letters Of Great Men - Vol. 1

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To Mary Anne Wyndham Lewis, Sent from Park Street, Thursday night, 7 February 1839, Benjamin Disraeli.

Many believe this was a suicide act, but others maintain it was accidental or that he was shot by neighboring kids with a "malfunctioning" gun. Ernest Hemingway, who was greatly influenced by Fitzgerald's short stories, wrote that Fitzgerald's talent was "as fine as the dust on a butterfly's wing. Gostei de as ler, remontam a uma época em que falar de amor não parecia ridículo e são seguramente mais românticas que um SMS cheio de abreviaturas ou bonequinhos. In the last two decades of his life Browning produced only a few great poems but much were grotesque and fantastic. Though I expected the letters in this collection to be love letters, I must admit that I was overwhelmed with how gag-worthy many of them were.Mais do que um livro sobre amor, acho que é um livro sobre a Humanidade das emoções, onde nem o mais poderoso imperador consegue escapar. Taken together, these Love Letters of Great Men show that perhaps men haven’t changed so very much over the last 2,000 years; passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented described here – as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most. Love Letters of Great Men - Ludwig van Beethoven, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lord George Gordon Byron, 1788-, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Victor Hugo, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, John Keats, Vincent van Gogh, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. While separated from his true love in his dying days, he wrote: "You could not step or move an eyelid but it would shoot to my heart--I am greedy of you--Do not think of any thing but me. Even in bed my ideas yearn towards you, my Immortal Beloved, here and there joyfully, then again sadly, awaiting from Fate, whether it will listen to us.

He regrets that the means of replying has been withheld, and though his wishes are not of a nature that permits them to be published here, he hopes that at least his silence will be understood. Some of these paintings include: The Yellow House, Bedroom in Arles, The red vineyard, and paul Gauguin's Armchair. Scott Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lyman Hodge, Count Gabriel Honore de Mirbeau, Victor Hugo, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, John Keats, Henry IV of France, Henry VIII, Franz Liszt, Jack London, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thomas Otway, Robert Peary, Sir Walter Raleigh, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. There are also many beautiful period illustrations, which really give you a feel for the time the letters were written. Summary: Collects together some of history's most romantic letters from the private papers of Beethoven, Mark Twain, Mozart, and Lord Byron.

In Lamia (1819) Keats revived the couplet form, long thought to be dead, in a gorgeous, romantic story. As we delve into the eloquent words of great men, we are reminded that amidst the complexities of life, love’s simple yet profound power endures. As the author of this book points out, people seem to complain of how *cynical* everyone is today, especially as far as love goes.