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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780554999982
ISBN number: 0554999986
Label: BiblioBazaar
Manufacturer: BiblioBazaar
Page Count: 348
Printing Date: June 18, 2008
Publishing house: BiblioBazaar
Release Date: June 18, 2008
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Love might be a many-splendored thing. Sex and the City is another. Since letters from this book were read in bed by Carrie Bradshaw with (you guessed it) Mr. Big in the new hit movie, this has become an immediate classic and a ?must read? for all those longing for love or searching for the right words to say. An excerpt that was read in the movie: ?Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us - I can live only wholly with you or not at all - Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits - Yes, unhappily it must be so - You will be the more contained since you know my fidelity to you. No one else can ever possess my heart - never - never - Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves. And yet my life in V is now a wretched life - Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men - At my age I need a steady, quiet life - can that be so in our connection? My angel, I have just been told that the mailcoach goes every day - therefore I must close at once so that you may receive the letter at once - Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together - Be calm - love me - yesterday - yesterday - what tearful longings for you - you - you - my life - my all - farewell. Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. ever thine. ever mine. ever ours.? Originally published in 1924, this classic collection of love letters includes timeless contributions from the likes of Beethoven, Keats, Lord Byron, Napoleon, Voltaire, Rousseau and Mozart, among many other.
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Given all of the hype around this title, I couldn't help but weigh in.
I've seen the movie, purchased the book, read through it, and my evaluation seems to jive with that of a number of previous reviewers; it is the book from the movie, and a terrific book to boot!
It seems peculiar that so many are going back and forth about the validity of this title. The fact is, if you're searching for love letters written by great men- look no further.
As an aside- I do question the integrity of the poster who said that this contains letters from "19th century poets no one has ever heard of". I would hate to image a world where the likes of Keats or Voltaire (upon others) are suddenly considered 'unknowns'. Have the true literary giants been replaced by the comical musings of a fictional character who has great shoes?
But alas- if that's what it takes to bring press and recognition to those who have paved our literary way, then I suppose I owe Sex and the City a big thank you.
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Being a collector of books, I've seen many frauds in my day. This book doesn't claim to be anything other than exactly what it is- a fabulous read that just happens to have been given mention in a box-office topping movie.
My wife insisted that I join her in viewing this blockbuster, (I was the only man in the theatre), and I knew instantly the poem that Carrie was quoting from. ('Immortal Beloved', Beethoven)
When my wife and I rode home, she laid into me about the decline of chivalry, the decline of letter writing, the decline of...you get the idea. So- in an endeavor to sate her, and show her that all of the above can and do still exist; I purchased this book.
Trust me when I tell you- it was worth its weight in gold. Additionally, as one who spends a great deal of time in the literary world, I can say that this book is in fact, the one from the movie.
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Someone wrote that this book didn't contain letters from Sex and the City, but that is simply not true. It absolutely does. They also said that it contained mostly unknown letter writers. Hmmm... Are Mozart, Beethoven, Lord Byron, Voltaire, Rousseau and Keats unknowns? I guess they have no sense of the true historical romantics. This is a beautiful historical reproduction of the full 300+ page book (versus 100+ pages for some other versions) that is very reasonably priced.
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This "book" is really a photocopy, of a photocopy, of an academic dissertation from 1924. The print is so fuzzy and blurred, it gives you a headache to try to read it. It's also a very dense critical analysis, rather than a light romantic read.
The copyright on the original paper expired, leading to a slew of cheap bootlegs, like this one. It's not really being sold by Dr. Charles, who died many years ago, but by charlatans trying to profit from the recent sucess of the Sex and the City movie. Sometimes a counterfeit cover is added to make it appear it has the same title as the book from the movie, which it is not.
It seems like a good college thesis, and would probably be a good reference source for other professors, but is not really an enjoyable book to read. It does have a couple of real love letters by famous men, but is mostly just excerpts of letters and poems from people like Richard Steele, Laurence Sterne, Luise Kulmus, Gotthold Lessing, Samuel Johnson, William Gongreve, and Mary Wortley, none of whom I have ever heard of.
If you're an academician in need of research material, this may be for you. But if you're looking for a book of love letters of great men, this isn't it.
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This is not the book from Sex and the City. Someone just put a new cover on a old book that is really called "Love Letters Of Great Men And Women: From The Eighteenth Century To The Present Day" written in 1924. It's not a bad old book, but is mostly just letters from women and 19th century poets no one has ever heard of. If you buy this thinking it's really love letters from great men, as portrayed in the movie, you'll be disappointed. I know I was.
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