Song of Love: The Letters of Rupert Brooke and Noel Olivier

by Pippa Harris

Book Overview

A six-year correspondence between the World War I poet and his schoolgirl muse, Noel Oliver, edited by Oliver's granddaughter, provides a glimpse of Edwardian England as it reveals the true and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517590905
• ISBN13: 9780517590904
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Rare insight into unrequited love

Some of the most beautiful & heart felt love letters. The letters do become sad & painful as you go along. There are some superb examples of true passion in this book(provided you can find one!!!). The only copy that I had gone thru is now missing from the local library:(

A look at Rupert Brooke

I have always found Rupert Brooke to be a fascinating poet, so when I was in York and discovered this little treasure (for sale, no less) I bought it. I'd started it a couple of times but never got around to completing the book. Then, I resolutely decided to read it, and I found it completely entrancing. You get something from this book about Brooke that you could never get from a biography: his yearning, passion, anger.... all in his very own words. It was hard for me to put down, and any fan of Brooke's should most definitely look into it.

Great book

This book is fantastic and gives a good look into Rupert's relationship with Noel. The incite into Rupert's love life and his feeling for Noel and his friends is worth getting the book alone.