The book of love

by Diane Ackerman, Jeanne Mackin, Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, Albert Camus, Lewis Carroll

Culled from love letters, poetry, fiction, personal essays, and memoirs, this lavish and fascinating anthology celebrates humankind's grandest pastime and obsession: love. How do we define love? "I…