Love & Longing

8 items in this collection

Throughout history, letters have been the vessels of our deepest emotions. In an age before instant communication, every word was deliberate, every sentence crafted with care. These letters capture the full spectrum of human connection – from the early stirrings of attraction to the profound bonds of lifelong partnership.

Here you’ll find Virginia Woolf’s passionate letters to Vita Sackville-West, Napoleon’s fervent declarations to Josephine, and countless other voices reaching across time and space to touch another soul. These are the letters that remind us that love, in all its forms, is perhaps the most universal human experience.

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De Profundis

Oscar Wilde Lord Alfred Douglas

The one thing that gave me comfort was the written word. In Miserere mei, Deus, I found a form of prayer. Behind the yellow bars of my cell I watched the sunrise.

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My Very Dear Wife

Sullivan Ballou Sarah Hart Shumway Ballou

The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days, perhaps tomorrow.

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My Darling, Darling Angel

Karl Marx Jenny von Westphalen Marx

My darling, darling angel, what a place you have in my heart! When I am apart from you, I feel like a schoolboy who has lost his way.

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Letter to Fanny Brawne - Passionate Declaration

John Keats Fanny Brawne

I want a brighter word than bright, a fairer word than fair. I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days—three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.

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My Bright Star

John Keats Fanny Brawne

I want a brighter word than bright, a fairer word than fair. I almost wish we were butterflies and lived but three summer days—three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.

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I Wake Filled with Thoughts of You

Napoleon Bonaparte Josephine de Beauharnais

I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the remembrance of last night's delirium have robbed my senses of repose.