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Through the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation... Read Full Overview

The most comprehensive compilation of the works of Abelard and Heloise ever presented in a single volume in English, The Letters and Other Writings features an accurate and stylistically faithful new translation of both The Calamities of Peter Abelard and the remarkable letters... Read Full Overview

The story of Heloise and Abelard remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs."

The story of Abelard and Heloise is renowned as one of the most legendary and romantic love stories of all time. Peter Abelard was a French philosopher, theologian, and preeminent logician of the 12th Century. Heloise was an intelligent and remarkable girl eighteen years his... Read Full Overview

The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while they, themselves, are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Here for the first time in Mart Martin McLaughlin's... Read Full Overview

Peter Abelard's love affair with Helose has become legendary. Helose lived within the precincts of Notre-Dame, under the care of her uncle. Abelard sought a place in her uncle's house and began an affair with Helose. Once Helose's uncle found out, he separated them, but they... Read Full Overview

Translated from the original Latin and now reprinted from the edition of 1722: together with a brief account of their lives and work. "That things proved as any sane person could have foreseen these letters are witness. Yet it in these that the pair capture the sympathies which... Read Full Overview

Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly, no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love, the nine titles in the Penguin Great Loves collection include... Read Full Overview

Abelard, a prominent twelfth-century theologian, is hired to tutor Heloise, a brilliant pupil who becomes his lover and the mother of his child. Although the two are secretly married, a misunderstanding leads to Abelard's castration by Heloise's uncle, followed by the lovers'... Read Full Overview

The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while they, themselves, are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Here for the first time in Mart Martin McLaughlin's... Read Full Overview