When authors pen love letters, sometimes they can get a little scandalous.
After all, we know that great authors can tend to be a little dirtier than your
average swooner, and what better place to let their freak flag fly than in
private correspondences they never dreamed would go down in history?
If you’re lucky, this Valentine’s Day brought a plethora of long,
handwritten love letters for you to peruse by candlelight, but since you
probably aren’t that lucky, we’ve collected a few of our favorite literary love
letters for you to read by the soft glow of your computer screen.
Some are flat-out obscene (Joyce, we’re looking at you) and some
composed of more subtle and suggestive flirting, but all of them are
titillating, romantic, and of course, exceedingly well-written. We’re not
saying that you should necessarily pick up any tips for when you write
tonight’s Valentine’s Day card from these, but then again, if your lady if a
Flaubert fan, it might be exactly the ticket.
Click through to read a few of our favorite scandalous correspondences
between great authors and the objects of their affection — but reader be
warned: as you might expect, colorful language abounds.
Read here, but remember you have been warned!
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