En cierta ocasin Sigmund Freud le escribi a su novia y futura esposa Martha Bernays
una carta de amor que despus ha dado la vuelta al mundo al ser considerada una de las
confesiones ms romnticas de la historia: "No apetezco sino lo que t ambicionas para
ambos porque me doy cuenta de la insignificancia de otros deseos comparados con el hecho
de que seas ma. Estoy adormilado y muy triste al pensar que tengo que conformarme con
escribirte en vez de besar tus dulces labios".
Vctor Hugo, otro romntico empedernido, escribi en cierta ocasin a Adle Foucher:
"Tienes razn. Hay que amarse y luego hay que decrselo, y luego hay que escribrselo, y
luego hay que besarse en los labios, en los ojos, en todas partes".
Albert Einstein tambin expresaba con frecuencia sus sentimientos hacia su gran amor,
Mileva, por carta. En una de estas epstolas, enviada desde Miln el 13 de septiembre de
1900, el fsico afirmaba: "En todo el mundo podra encontrar otra mejor que t, ahora es
cuando lo veo claro, cuando conozco a otra gente. [...] Hasta mi trabajo me parece intil e
innecesario si no pienso que tambin t te alegras de lo que soy y de lo que hago."
El novelista Scott Fitzgerald tambin escribi largas misivas a la que sera su esposa,
Zelda Sayre: "T y yo hemos pasado momentos maravillosos en el pasado, y el futuro an
est cargado de posibilidades si levantas la moral y procuras creerlo. El mundo exterior, la
situacin poltica, etctera, siguen siendo oscuros e influyen en todos directamente, y es
inevitable que te afecten indirectamente a ti, pero procura distanciarte de todo ello mediante
alguna forma de higiene mental, inventndola, si es necesario.
Djame repetirte que no quiero que te concentres demasiado en mi libro, que es una obra
melanclica y parece haber obsesionado a casi todos los crticos. Me preocupa muchsimo
que lo ests releyendo. Describe determinadas fases de la vida que ya estn superadas.
Ciertamente nos hallamos en una ola ascendente, aunque no sepamos a ciencia cierta hacia
dnde va."
Por su parte, Franz Kafka le envi numerosas cartas a su amada Felice. En una fechada en
enero de 1913 le expresaba as su doble amor hacia ella y la literatura: "Querida: te pido
con las manos alzadas que no sientas celos de mi novela. Cuando los personajes en la
novela se dan cuenta de tus celos, se me escapan, ms aun cuando slo los tengo agarrados
por la punta de sus vestidos.
Y ten en cuenta que, si se me escapan, tendra que correr tras ellos, aunque fuera hasta el
mundo de las tinieblas, su verdadero hogar. La novela soy yo, mis historias soy yo. As que,
te ruego, dnde existe el menor motivo de celos? De hecho, cuando todo lo dems est en
orden, mis personajes se toman del brazo y corren a tu encuentro, para, en ltimo trmino,
servirte a ti. [...] gracias a que escribo me mantengo con vida, me aferro a esa barca en la
cual te encuentras t, Felice. Ya resulta bastante triste que no consiga apartarme a ella. Pero
comprende, Felice, que tendra que perderte a ti y a todas las cosas si alguna vez perdiera el
escribir."
"La carta de amor", de Jan Vermeer de Delft (1669) (detalle). (Foto pintura.aut.org)
Algo similar sugiere la misiva que un domingo de 1868 escribi el poderoso zar Alejandro
II de Rusia a Katia, su amante y futura esposa. "Hola mi ngel, te quiero ms que a la vida
y tu adorable carta de anoche, que vengo de recibir y de leer con pasin y con felicidad, me
volvi loco", expres Alejandro II.
Pero si de pasin se trata, Oscar Wilde super a Byron: Nio mo, comienza una de sus
cartas a lord Alfred Douglas, es una maravilla que esos labios de ptalo de rosa rojos tuyos
sirvan igual para la msica del canto que para la locura del besar.
Se enamor a los 25 aos de Martha Bernays, una amiga de su hermana y llev un romance
victoriano. l era muy tmido y no tena experiencias sexuales. Freud la vio seis veces en
cuatro aos, pero le escribi ms de novecientas cartas de amor, donde la llamaba
"princesita".
Magallanes Moure destinatario de sus ardientes cartas donde la Nobel desnuda su corazn y
su alma.
despus, sin embargo, Capote recrimina a su amante su falta de inters y sustituye el por
siempre jams por un simple con todo mi afecto, recibe un abrazo.
Las cartas que intercambi la cantante Edith Piaf con su amante, el boxeador Marcel
Cerdan, son emocionantes. En 1949, cuando Cerdan preparaba una pelea en Nueva York
contra Jake La Motta, Piaf le envi una carta de amor desde Pars, sin firmar para evitar que
su manager la confiscara. "Es raro. No tengo reflejos, ni ideas, nada. Me parezco a alguien
que espera un acontecimiento. En el lugar de mi corazn existe una angustia, una pena. Mi
amorcito, mi amorcito cmo te quiero, es una locura e inquietante!", escribi.
When Carrie Bradshaw in the "Sex and the City" movie began reading the book Love Letters of
Great Men, millions of women wanted to get their hands on the book. Of course, what could be
more romantic than an entire book of love letters, written by men!
Unfortunately the "Love Letters of Great Men" book was not real!!
Of course, intrepid authors immediately went out to WRITE the book, and instantly several of
them appeared on Amazon after the fact. Those authors were jumping in to benefit from a fake
book the movie had created.
In any case, the love letters that spawned this whole rush are real, including the Beethoven one
quoted by Big at their wedding ceremony. Here are the actual love letters by great men for you to
enjoy and treasure! If you have any other letters you feel should be included in this listing, please
let me know! I'm always happy to expand my listing.
Beethoven - powerful musician
Beethoven Love Letter 1
Beethoven Love Letter 2
Beethoven Love Letter 3
Note: This third letter is the one that Big quotes: "ever thine, ever mine, ever ours"
Voltaire - enlightened thinker
Voltaire Love Letter
These letters were found in Beethoven's desk after he died. They were not addressed to anybody,
so it is impossible to know who he was writing to. Historians feel they were written to a married
woman who he loved dearly, and who was leaving the city at the time of these letters.
Love Letters of Great Men
ever mine
ever ours
Voltaire was a brilliant French writer and thinker of the 1700s. He was imprisoned several
times for speaking out against the government. For fifteen years he was the passionate lover
of the Marquise Gabrielle - a brilliant woman in her own right. Together they studied
The love letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail are legendary. This couple weathered
many long separations as John fought night and day for the independence of America.
Amazingly, the Massachusetts Historical Society not only has most of their letters online,
but they even have the scanned versions of the original handwritten letters so you can read
them yourselves! Amazing!
John Adams Letters Online
Love Letters of Great Men
Vincent Van Gogh is perhaps most famous for his yellow sunflower painting. He lived in
Holland in the 1800s. He was desperately in love with his cousin, but his cousin refused to
marry him. This letter was written by Vincent to his brother, Theo, talking about his love
for his cousin.
Love Letters of Great Men
Dylan wrote his poetry in the early 1900s. His personal readings were famous - Americans
loved his lilting accent. He is most famous for his work "Do not go gentle into that good
night". He wrote this letter to his beloved wife Caitlin. He was away from her, doing a book
tour.
Love Letters of Great Men
Mozart was a child prodigy of the 1700s who wowed the courts of Austria. He was an
amazing pianist who wrote numerous famous works. He wrote this letter to his wife,
Constanze.
Love Letters of Great Men
lips and your heart? Oh! This night has shown me that your portrait is not you!
You leave at midday; in three hours I shall see you.
Meanwhile, my sweet love, a thousand kisses; but do not give me any, for they set my blood on
fire.
Love Letters of Great Men
I am at Port Maurice, near Ognelia; tomorrow I reach Albenga. The two armies are moving, trying
to outwit each other. Victory to the cleverer. I am pleased with Beauliu; he maneuvers well and is
stronger than his predecessor. I will beat him soundly, I hope. Don't be frightened. Love me like
your eyes; but that is not enough: like yourself, more than yourself, than your thoughts, your life,
all of you. Forgive me, dear loe, I am raving; Nature is frail when one feels deeply, when one is
loved by you.
Bonaparte
Sincere friendship to Barras, Sucy, Madame Tallien; respects to Madame Chateau-Renard; true
love to Eugene, to Hortense.
Goodbye, goodbye! I shall go to bed without you, sleep without you. Let me sleep, I beg you. For
several nights I have felt you in my arms; a happy dream, but it is not you.
Love Letters of Great Men
Things are going well here; but my heart is indescribably heavy. You are ill and far away from me.
Be gay and take great care of yourself, you are worth more than all the universe to me. The
thought that oyu are ill makes me very unhappy.
Please, my sweet, tell Freron that my family does not wish him to marry my sister, and that I am
determined to takes steps to prevent it. Please tell my brother
B.
Love Letters of Great Men
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