A Literary Love Affair

Overview

This spoken word CD looks back over some of the great love affairs of literary history. The anthology includes readings of poetry, letters, and extracts from works of fiction written by British poets and authors from Shakespearean times to the 20th century. Here are real-life romantic couples, such as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats and Fanny Brawne, Lord Byron and Lady Caroline Lamb, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning. Alongside them, fictional couples declare their love in the classic literature of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Arthur Conan Doyle, D H Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf—the perfect Valentine's Day gift.

Reviews

"Practise for falling in love again by listening to A Literary Love Affair, a cleverly compiled selection of letters to and from lovers. . . and in novels ranging from Pride and Prejudice to Women in Love. Narrators Natalie Thomas and Benjamin O Mahoney interact with warmth and sensitivity." —Times

Author Biography

British Library Publishing produces fascinating and beautiful books across a wide range of subjects related to the Library's uniquely rich collections, including maps, medieval manuscripts, literary history, graphic design and typography, the history of books, and cultural history.