An Invitation to Love (An Invitation To...Series) - Hardcover

9780764156335: An Invitation to Love (An Invitation To...Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0764156330 ISBN 13: 9780764156335

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2003

“Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other,” said the poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. Here’s a terrific book for Valentine’s Day, impulse shoppers, and gift givers. The warm, romantic, beautifully composed and reproduced photos come with brief excerpts from love poems, proverbs, and well-known tales. Their authors include Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dylan Thomas, Victor Hugo, and many others. It’s a celebration of innocent first love, mothers’ love, enduring love, passionate love and love of every kind. Magnificent black-and-white photography sets the mood for famous quotations and excerpts from a wide range of sources, including world literary classics and popular songs in Barron’s beautiful “An Invitation to . . .” series. These are wonderful books for dreamers and lovers a blend of nostalgia, charm, and gentle wit, with photographs of unusual beauty.

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From the Back Cover:

Beautifully capturing the seductive moods and tender spirit of love, this is an invitation to indulge in some of life?s most precious moments.
?Love consists in this,
that two solitudes
protect and touch
and greet each other.?
?Rainer Maria Rilke

This lovely book presents more than 50 enchanting photographs from the famous Hulton Getty Archive, each photo accompanied by an evocative quotation from a noted novelist, poet, or essayist on the subject of love. The writers include Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dylan Thomas, Victor Hugo, and many others who celebrate innocent first love, mothers? love, enduring love, passionate love?and love of every kind.

About the Author:

Wynn Wheldon, an Englishman, is an avid observer of American customs, arts, and crafts. He has published two previous books on American themes, and has contributed articles to major British newspapers and magazines, including The Daily Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday, and Homes and Gardens.

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