CLASSIC LOVE STORIES(经典爱情故事)

Love, that most universal of emotions, has been the wellspring of some of our most enduring and irresistible works of fiction. Many authors have mined this rich vein to produce a wide range of tales from the light hearted to the passionate to the tragic. Long before the genre of "romance" filled the aisles of bookstores, writers filled pages on the subject. Classic Love Stories gathers together a rich assortment of their work.
Collected here are vintage tales from Shakespeare's time through the dawn of the twentieth century. Life may have been simpler then, but human emotion was just as complex as it is today. An anthology filled with some of your favourite writers-O. Henry, Edna Ferber, Charlotte Bronte, Charles and Mary Lamb, Kate Chopin-and some lesser-known gems-Ada Cambridge, Frederic Jesup Stimson, Henry Clay Lewis-CLASSIC LOVE STORIES is a perfect gift for the love of your life.

Book Description
Love, that most universal of emotions, has been the wellspring of some of our most enduring and irresistible works of fiction. Many authors have mined this rich vein to produce a wide range of tales from the light hearted to the passionate to the tragic. Long before the genre of "romance" filled the aisles of bookstores, writers filled pages on the subject. Classic Love Stories gathers together a rich assortment of their work. Collected here are vintage tales from Shakespeare's time through the dawn of the twentieth century. Life may have been simpler then, but human emotion was just as complex as it is today. An anthology filled with some of your favourite writers - O. Henry, Edna Ferber, Charlotte Bronte, Charles and Mary Lamb, Kate Chopin - and some lesser-known gems - Ada Cambridge, Frank R. Stockton, Katherine Mansfield -

Book Dimension
length: (cm)18.3 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)11.4

LISA PURCELL is a freelance editor who lives in New York City. She has also edited Classic Civil War Stories for The Lyons Press.

Introduction
About Love
Some Ways of Love
Who Was She?
The Other Woman
The Kiss
The Fairy Amoureuse
A Modern Cinderella: or, The Little Old Shoe
Mr. and Mrs, Dove
A Sweet Day
Love in a Garden
What She Wore
Love and Lightning
The Love Quarrel
Mrs. Knollys
Romeo and Juliet
The Lady, or the Tiger?
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