{"product_id":"on-love-classic-stories-of-passion-and-romance","title":"On Love: Classic Stories of Passion and Romance","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication: 11 February 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn expertly curated anthology of short stories on the theme of the most powerful force in the universe - love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe short story is the perfect form in which to explore the rollercoaster emotions of romance. This collection of fifteen classic short stories from the late Victorian era to the 1940s includes tales by writers as diverse as Elizabeth Gaskell, Edith Wharton, Oscar Wilde, Katherine Mansfield and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and explores not only the experience of falling in love but also the poignant themes of dazzling affairs, unrequited desires, divorce, youthful romance and passion in old age. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe young couple in O. Henry’s tender tale ‘The Gift of the Magi’ are willing to give up their prized possessions for the sake of bringing each other happiness, while the heroine of Louisa May Alcott’s story has an agonizing wait for her version of Prince Charming. Unrequited passion haunts Thomas Hardy’s tragic heroine in ‘The Son’s Veto’, as it does in\u003cbr\u003eLytton Strachey’s short sketch of a man who suppressed his youthful desires, while a sudden blossoming of love in old age blesses the characters in L.M. Montgomery’s pastoral tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn irresistible collection of many kinds of love, this is the perfect book for lovers of classic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCLAIRE HARMAN\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning writer and critic. Her books include Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World; Charlotte Brontë, A Life and All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the Art of Risking Everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781851246953\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtent: 352 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize: 198 x 129 mm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Libraries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57449546350967,"sku":"BODS-104418","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/1850\/8859\/files\/9781851246953_On_Love_3D_resized.jpg?v=1790949195","url":"https:\/\/bodleianshop.co.uk\/products\/on-love-classic-stories-of-passion-and-romance","provider":"Bodleian Libraries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}