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tessiekat's review
3.0
2017 - Brought back so many memories. I love reading love letters from before love letters became a lost art. The quick paragraph explaining who the writer is and who they were writing to really helps.
2017 St. Mary's County Library Summer Reading Program
Challenge: A Book Of Letters
2011 - I read this book while my boyfriend (now husband) was deployed. I wrote him a letter each day he was deployed, and often used this book for inspiration. We took to using the last 3 lines of Beethoven's 3 unsent letters (Ever Thine/Ever Mine/Ever Ours) at the end of our own letters, emails, etc.
2017 St. Mary's County Library Summer Reading Program
Challenge: A Book Of Letters
2011 - I read this book while my boyfriend (now husband) was deployed. I wrote him a letter each day he was deployed, and often used this book for inspiration. We took to using the last 3 lines of Beethoven's 3 unsent letters (Ever Thine/Ever Mine/Ever Ours) at the end of our own letters, emails, etc.
thegeekyblogger's review
4.0
Review: Love Letters Of Great Men And Women by C. H. Charles
I loved this collection of love letters, as they are possibly the most private and intimate thoughts of these talented individuals!
Two of my favorites:
1)Victor Hugo in 1821 (just a snippet: This is the love which you inspire in me….Your soul is made to love with the purity and passions of angels;…..”
2)Duff Cooper in 1918 (just a snippet: …that I never see beauty without thinking of you or scent happiness without thinking of you”
There are many great letters in this book and recommend it to any hopeful/hopeless romantic out there!
I loved this collection of love letters, as they are possibly the most private and intimate thoughts of these talented individuals!
Two of my favorites:
1)Victor Hugo in 1821 (just a snippet: This is the love which you inspire in me….Your soul is made to love with the purity and passions of angels;…..”
2)Duff Cooper in 1918 (just a snippet: …that I never see beauty without thinking of you or scent happiness without thinking of you”
There are many great letters in this book and recommend it to any hopeful/hopeless romantic out there!
defran's review
4.0
Not your average read-it-in-one-day book. It's a book to read inbetween other books. It's actually a nice collection of love letters,with all those cliche quotes and that swoony feeling. I didn't read it fast,because it's not a book that has a plot,it's just a collection. Nevertheless,being a hopeless romantic soul,I really liked it.
arnastorm's review
2.0
Disappointing. The introduction to each person was terrible. Not sure that the author knows what a love letter is.
But I did learn about George Sand and Clara Wieck, so not a complete waste of time.
But I did learn about George Sand and Clara Wieck, so not a complete waste of time.
xtinag's review
2.0
As others have said, I didn’t think the letters were overly romantic. The biographies were more interesting than the letters themselves.
Also, sometimes the biographies were longer than the letters themselves.
I also noticed an inaccuracy in the book. It said that George Sand died at 79 which is incorrect, given she lived from 1804-1876. I just found it hard to find the rest of the information credible after finding this discovery.
Also, sometimes the biographies were longer than the letters themselves.
I also noticed an inaccuracy in the book. It said that George Sand died at 79 which is incorrect, given she lived from 1804-1876. I just found it hard to find the rest of the information credible after finding this discovery.