An edition of Letters of Abelard and Heloise (1718)

The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Penguin Classics)

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An edition of Letters of Abelard and Heloise (1718)

The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Penguin Classics)

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One of the world’s most celebrated and tragic love affairs. Through the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard’s pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation.

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Subjects
Christian Abbesses, Correspondence, Love-letters, Medieval and modern Latin letters, Philosophers, Theologians, Translations into English, Translations into Italian, Abelard, peter, 1079-1142, Latin letters, Latin literature, medieval and modern, translations into english, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Epistolografia, English letters
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Heloïse (1101-1164), Héloïse (1101-1164), Peter Abelard (1079-1142), Petrus Abaelardus, Héloïse Abbess of the Paraclete, Héloı̈se Abbess of the Paraclete
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April 27, 2004, Penguin Classics
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Penguin Classics)
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The letters of Abelard and Heloise
1974, Penguin
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The letters of Abelard and Heloise
1933, A.A. Knopf
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"There are times when example is better than precept for stirring or soothing human passions; and so I propose to follow up the words of consolation I gave you in person with the history of my own misfortunes, hoping thereby to give you comfort in absence."

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OL7355202M
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0140442979
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9780140442977
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