Author: George Gordon Byron Baron ByronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Letters
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Works of Lord Byron
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron ByronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Letters
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Love Letters of Great Men
Author: Ursula DoylePublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429920084
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Remember the wonderfully romantic book of love letters that Carrie reads aloud to Big in the recent blockbuster film, Sex and the City? Fans raced to buy copies of their own, only to find out that the beautiful book didn't actually exist. However, since all of the letters referenced in the film did exist, we decided to publish this gorgeous keepsake ourselves. Love Letters of Great Men follows hot on the heels of the film and collects together some of history's most romantic letters from the private papers of Beethoven, Mark Twain, Mozart, and Lord Byron. For some of these great men, love is "a delicious poison" (William Congreve); for others, "a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music" (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of one's heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple devotion of Robert Browning, to the wonderfully modern misery of the Roman Pliny the Younger, losing himself in work to forget how much he misses his beloved wife, Calpurnia. Taken together, these letters show that perhaps men haven't changed all that much over the last 2,000 years--passion, jealousy, hope and longing still rule their hearts and minds. In an age of e-mail and texted "i luv u"s, this timeless and unique collection reminds us that nothing can compare to the simple joy of sitting down to read a letter from the one you love.
The Works of Lord Byron
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron ByronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poets, English
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Vampyre Tales
Author: Charles HarriganPublisher:
ISBN: 9781955741026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Fifteen diverse vampire stories from the Victorian era
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron ByronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron ByronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Works of Lord Byron
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron ByronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron ByronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Byron
Author: Fiona MacCarthyPublisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1444799878
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Fiona MacCarthy makes a breakthrough in interpreting Byron's life and poetry drawing on John Murray's world-famous archive. She brings a fresh eye to his early years: his childhood in Scotland, embattled relations with his mother, the effect of his deformed foot on his development. She traces his early travels in the Mediterranean and the East, throwing light on his relationships with adolescent boys - a hidden subject in earlier biographies. While paying due attention to the compelling tragicomedy of Byron's marriage, his incestuous love for his half-sister Augusta and the clamorous attention of his female fans, she gives a new importance to his close male friendships, in particular that with his publisher John Murray. She tells the full story of their famous disagreement, ending as a rift between them as Byron's poetry became more recklessly controversial. Byron was a celebrity in his own lifetime, becoming a 'superstar' in 1812, after the publication of Childe Harold. The Byron legend grew to unprecedented proportions after his death in the Greek War of Independence at the age of thirty-six. The problem for a biographer is sifting the truth from the sentimental, the self-serving and the spurious. Fiona MacCarthy has overcome this to produce an immaculately researched biography, which is also her refreshing personal view.
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2: Large Print
Author: George Gordon ByronPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781090825193
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The demerits of Childe Harold lie on the surface; but it is difficult for the modern reader, familiar with the sight, if not the texture, of "the purple patches," and unattracted, perhaps demagnetized, by a personality once fascinating and always "puissant," to appreciate the actual worth and magnitude of the poem. We are "o'er informed;" and as with Nature, so with Art, the eye must be couched, and the film of association removed, before we can see clearly.