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Sonnets from the Portuguese
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
This is one of the 52 books that feature in my novel Crossing Paths: the BookCrossing novel and I chose it before I had actually read the poems (by reputation alone). I'm so glad I did make this the centrepiece of the lovers' conversations through BookCrossing. There are some wonderful poems, especially sonnets VII, XVII and XXII.
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Here is the journal entry from the novel for this book:
"My Darling, this book is for you. I have had it for some time now and never found a buyer. I often used to wonder what its fate would be. Now, it is obvious. The book has been waiting for you.
Know only this, that I love you with all my heart and want to spend the rest of my life with you. I hope when you read this journal entry that I’ll be by your side.
Forever
J"
http://budurl.com/CPSaleAmazon
Here is the journal entry from the novel for this book:
"My Darling, this book is for you. I have had it for some time now and never found a buyer. I often used to wonder what its fate would be. Now, it is obvious. The book has been waiting for you.
Know only this, that I love you with all my heart and want to spend the rest of my life with you. I hope when you read this journal entry that I’ll be by your side.
Forever
J"
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Oct 29, 2010 06:21pm
It's nice to read a book which allude to poet/poets. I love Elizabeth BB poem 'How do I love thee /let me count the ways'. I used it in a short story and used the poetry of 'Sappho' in one of my novels. Laurel
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For some funny reason I always thought it was Shakespeare who wrote that famous poems. I really did enjoy hers. How did you weave Sappho's poetry into a novel. Im intrigued.
Debbie wrote: "For some funny reason I always thought it was Shakespeare who wrote that famous poems. I really did enjoy hers. How did you weave Sappho's poetry into a novel. Im intrigued."Sappho's poetry wasn't woven into the story as such. Faine, one of my main characters, is a poet, and I used fragments of Sappho's poetry in the book. Sadly only fragments have survived. She lived 500BC I think or it might be 700BC. If you go to www.Smashwords.com and look up Crossroads at Isca by Laurel Lamperd you can read for free the first 20% of the book. Cheers
