Love invites the most passionate of statements. From the breathtaking excitement of first love, the comfort and support of happy fulfilled love to the pain and anguish of jealousy, faithlessness and parting, Elizabeth Jane Howard has drawn upon literery gems to illustrate loves's many incarnations.
Gathered together here are sublime examples of passion and emotion from some of the world's finest writers, including Jane Austen, John Betjeman, Thomas Hardy, Ernest Hemingway and Philip Larkin.
This beguiling collection is deeply romantic and, with its epic sweep, will appeal to all tastes and moods - but most particularly to those who yearn to discover the elusive secret of enduring love...
