title: The Book of Love
author: Diane Ackerman
description: A celebration of love and its "many moods and majesties, from all the veils of flirtation, seduction, and marriage to the tempests of suspicions, jealousy, and heartache," <i>The Book of Love</i> gathers together some 200 contemporary and classic selections of fiction, poetry, personal essays, love letters, and memories. Included in this extravagant anthology are the works of Shakespeare, Baudelaire, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and William Blake. The perfect gift for those in love with love.
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  LOVE
  
  by
  
  REBECCA KING
  
    
  
  © 2019 by Rebecca King
  
  The moral right of R L King to be identified as the author of this work has
  been asserted by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including
  photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without
  permission in writing from the author.
  
  This book is a work of fiction.
  
  Names, characters, places, and events are either the product of the author’s
  imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons,
  either living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
  
    
  
  [**_TABLE OF CONTENTS_**](XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
  
  **_CHAPTER ONE_**
  
  **_CHAPTER TWO_**
  
  **_CHAPTER THREE_**
  
  **_CHAPTER FOUR_**
  
  **_CHAPTER FIVE_**
  
  **_CHAPTER SIX_**
  
  **_CHAPTER SEVEN_**
  
  **_CHAPTER EIGHT_**
  
  **_CHAPTER NINE_**
  
  **_CHAPTER TEN_**
  
  **_CHAPTER EL