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Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne - Volume 2
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Thine Ownest Husband.
Miss Sophia A. Peabody,
Care of Dr. N. Peabody,
Boston, Mass.
TO MISS PEABODY
40
Salem, Septr. 10th, 1841—A.M.
Most dear wife, thou canst not imagine how strange it seems to me that thou shouldst ever suffer any bodily harm. I cannot conceive of it—the idea will not take the aspect of reality. Thou art to me a spirit gliding about our familiar paths; and I always feel as if thou wert beyond the reach of mortal accident—nor am I convinced to the contrary even by thy continual gashings of thy dearest fingers and sprainings of thy ancle. I love thee into the next state of existence, and therefore do not realise that thou art here as subject to corpo. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
His love story with Sophia Amelia Peabody is the cutest thing I've discovered lately. He was 34 apparently when he met her, but she said "it was love at first sight." You can feel that energy in their interactions even after 170+ years. 3 children. These letters come from a man who was so shy and qu
Fascinating as records of Hawthorne's psychology and occasionally touching as expressions of love and devotion, these letters are also often queasy and strange, insular expressions of a passion that never quite fully blossoms and seems strangely forced. The fact that Sophia rescued Nathaniel from a
With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought this this might be an interesting read. I liked the passages in some of the letters, but overall, they tended to be fairly redundant. This will probably be the last time that I read a collection of someone else’s love letters.
Letter writing as an art form, very romantic, borders on religious worship of his wife.
Love letters
Very interesting book eloquent writing and a deep love shared between a man and his wife you can almost imagine the letters Sophia wrote back. Looking forward to book 2.