Letters of Abelard and Heloise - Tapa blanda

The story of Abelard and Heloise is a tragic and renowned love affair of a pupil and her teacher. Through seven letters (four written by Abelard, and three by Heloise) we see the romance develop from its lovestruck beginnings to the public scandal that caused them much grief and to endure a secretive marriage, to their final partition. This edition also contains two poems on the affair of Abelard and Heloise, by Judith Madan and Alexander Pope.