What could be better than being immersed in a beautiful love story to provide you with sweet emotions. In these times when the evenings are sometimes long, we offer you a selection of books that speak a little, a lot, to the madness of this strange, miraculous, sometimes unmanageable … but delicious feeling that we call LOVE.
A selection by Marie-Laure Vallée.
THE MOST GLAMOROUS
Carol and Clark, Vincent Duluc, Stock editions.
Legendary stars of American cinema Carole Lombard and Clark Gable married in 1939. If the actor is a great seducer, the determined and jealous actress watches over her husband like a wolf. A love story tinged with glamor and humor at the heart of the golden age of Hollywood studios.
-
MOST INTENSE
Personal diary, Richard Burton, Séguier editions.
Liz Taylor and Richard Burton were too much alike not to fall madly in love with each other.
Through the actor's turbulent Memoirs their passionate love story emerges. Between ruptures and reconciliations, these two giants of Hollywood cinema burned with a devastating love.
-
THE MOST TENDER
Virginia and Vita, Christine Orban, Le Livre de Poche editions.
Virginia Woolf, then married to publisher Leonard Woolf, met the eccentric Vita Sackville-West in 1927. The two women liked each other at first sight despite opposing temperaments. Their complicity will feed the literary creation of Virginia. From this bond will be born Orlando, one of the major works of the writer.
-
THE MOST LYRICAL
My heart which is master of me..., poems by Charles d'Orléans and Christine de Pisan, illuminations by Diane Calvert, Editions Alternatives.
Christine de Pisan and Charles d'Orléans, two great names in XNUMXth century courtly poetry are brought together in this refined collection to sing about love. The first, dared to express her feelings at a formidable time for intellectual women; the second, prince and captive of the English for twenty will find comfort in writing fiery verses to his sweetheart.
-
THE MOST FASCINATING
The Thief of Love, Richard Malka, Grasset editions.
Adrian only has one day left to live. Because the young man is a vampire whose immortality is his great despair. If he wants to spare the beautiful Anna, with whom he is madly in love, he must choose to die. Will it be so?
Strong sensations guaranteed with this dark and vampiric novel which takes the reader over the centuries from Venice to New York via Paris and Constantinople.
-
MOST MYSTERIOUS
It only takes one night, Somerset Maugham, editions 10/18.
1930. A young widow, beautiful; a magnificent, disturbing violinist; desire; an eventful night; a suicide. What really happened that night in this opulent villa in Florence?
Somerset Maugham knows how to manage the suspense in this breathtaking novel from the first to the last page.
-
THE MOST ENCHANTING
Muse, Joseph O'Connor, Phébus editions.
Dublin 1917. The passionate relationship between pretty comedian Molly Allgood and Irish playwright John Millington Synge. Twenty years her senior, he modeled her in his image. She became his muse, followed him to Broadway. dedicated his youth to him. A moving work sublimated by the fidelity of feelings.
-
THE MOST HISTORICAL
Henry IV and Corisande, Françoise Kermina, Atlantica editions.
Françoise Kermina's story focuses on the youth of King Henri IV, a conquering and generous sovereign. A passionate man who loved women too much to be loyal to just one. Yet it was with them and with Diane d'Andoins – known as Corisande – in particular, that he became a man. Their idyll was one of the longest and most sincere.
-
THE MOST ROCAMBOLESQUE
Story of my life, Giacomo Casanova, Robert Laffont editions.
Casanova, famous for his female conquests that he multiplied at will without ever becoming attached, broke many hearts. Yet this libertine Don Juan admits in his Memoirs to having been madly in love with Henriette, his most beautiful love. She was French. They were young. Their affair, although fleeting, left Giacomo with an unforgettable emotion.
-
THE MOST ENCHANTING
The Love Dictionary of Venice, Philippe Sollers, Flammarion editions.
The author under the spell of the city of the great romantics guides the reader through its landscape and its history. It evokes the fascination of many artists for La Sérénissime. A captivating journey through Venice through vast iconography.
Thanks to Marie-Laure Vallée for these valuable reading tips www.literatureandcie.over-blog.com / bookrissime_m.laure
Read also: 10 books in the colors of sunny days
