A complex and truly timeless emotion, love - whether passion or heartbreak, infatuation or flirtation - has provoked some of the greatest names in literature to write verses of outstanding beauty.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by bestselling author, and Romantic Novelists' Association prize-winner, Joanna Trollope.
There has always been love, and we have been writing poetry about it for over 4,000 years. From John Donne and William Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti, the very best classic love poetry is collected in this elegant anthology, Poems for Love. That we still read and enjoy these heartfelt poems today is a testament both to their individual genius and to the enduring power of love.
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Interest Age: From 18 years
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Fadenheftung
Pappband
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Höhe: 157 mm
Breite: 98 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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978-1-0350-2672-2 (9781035026722)
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Joanna Trollope OBE is the author of highly acclaimed and bestselling novels, including The Rector's Wife, Marrying the Mistress and Daughters in Law. She has chaired the Whitbread and Orange Awards, as well as being a judge of many other literature prizes; she has been part of two DCMS panels on public libraries and is patron of numerous charities, including Meningitis Now, and Chawton House Library. She is also a trustee of the National Literacy Trust. She updated Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility as the opening novel in the Austen Project.
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Einführung von
Introduction - i: Introduction by Joanna Trollope Chapter - 1: What is Love? Chapter - 2: Madam, Will You Walk? - Longing and Courting Chapter - 3: If All the World and Love Were Young - It must be love Chapter - 4: Delight in Disorder - Kissing etc Chapter - 5: Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds - Love & marriage Chapter - 6: My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close - Lost love
