Notable love letters

There is nothing more powerful in life than love. In our darkest moments, through our hardest days, its gravitational pull gives us the confidence to keep moving forward. But with the highs come the lows, and then love is able to bring a person to their knees, devastating the very life it once enriched. The unceasing, all-consuming pain that fills the void left by lost love is like no other feeling; its impact is almost indescribable.

This volume gathers letters that at least partly illustrate our complicated relationship with this captivating energy. Since the letter is the most intimate form of communication, here you will read wise advice, painful confessions, passionate outpourings, and comical marriage proposals. But above all, you will find countless examples of the familiar love letter – a form of correspondence that now has almost no modern equivalent.