Love: Classics from the Modern Library - Brossura

Modern Library

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0375753095 ISBN 13: 9780375753091

Casa editrice: Modern Library, 1999

Riassunto

Presented in time for Valentine's Day, this collection of stories, poems, and novel excerpts includes passionate tomes from the likes of the Bronte+a5 sisters, D. H. Lawrence, William Shakespeare, John Donne, and Emily Dickinson. Original. 25,000 first printing.

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ibrary is happy to present Love, which is the fourth--following Christmas Classics, Mothers, and The Raven and the Monkey's Paw--in its series of reading treasuries. This original collection is dedicated to literary representations of our most essential emotion. In stories, excerpts, essays, and poems, Love celebrates the joys of Eros and some of its heartache, longing, and melancholy.

Love includes selections by many of our most cherished writers and poets and ranges across the ages to find the best examples of classic love literature. Thomas Bulfinch takes us back to Venus and Adonis, Cupid and Psyche--the great Greek and Roman fables that show us the love of legend. In "The Diary of Adam and Eve" Mark Twain gives his inimitable twist to the original boy-meets-girl story. This selection includes offerings from expert practitioners of the short story, like Anton Chekhov, D. H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, and Edith Wharton. Love also borrows from some of the great romantic novels, wi

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Modern Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0375753095
• ISBN 13: 9780375753091
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile