A few were inspirational, like the journalist, Richard Steele's, who wrote his wife more than four hundred letters before and during their marriage. I am nearly mad about you, as much as one can be mad: I cannot bring together two ideas that you do not interpose yourself between them. Every letter is followed by a fascinating biography, including insights into the couple's relationship--how they got there, the obstacles they faced, and what happened next. Wilde was cross examined extensively about a “love that dare not speak its name” and eventually convicted of gross indecency with a sentence of two years in prison.

William Hazlitt's letter was also a favorite, though I can't tell which one was more sad, the letter or the story behind the letter. If you're in that kind of relationship, if you romanticize your partner's "ownership" of you, please seek help and love yourself.This is probably a book that is perfect to give as a gift to someone you love because it's so adorable but not too much and too cheesy! Even when I am not thinking of you, I perceive your tenderness and a tenderer nature stealing upon me.

It's a lovely letter and all the more tragic for being the last thing he ever wrote - he was posted missing a month later and never found. This has proven itself my favourite passage as, aside from its undoubted wit, excellent writing and genius creativity, it all derived from an ordinary moment lost among all the other ordinary moments throughout time. It features beautiful love letters from Napoleon Bonaparte, Mark Twain, Robert Burns, even Wolfgang Mozart. curioso ver como eram os grandes cérebros da musica, das letras, da ciência nos bastidores de alcova. There are also many beautiful period illustrations, which really give you a feel for the time the letters were written.

In fact perhaps a love letter is like underwear: meant for some eyes that will judge it by a criterion much different to ours. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in the City of New York and his legal degree from UCLA. I beg in your conduct not only to be careful of your honour and mine, but also to consider appearances. I loved Napoleon’s letter to Josephine in Milan, and I also loved Mozart’s letters to Constanze sent from Dresden. Taken together, these letters show that perhaps men haven't changed all that much over the last 2,000 years, at least when it comes to love.