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The Love That Dares
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Octopus
- Publish Date
- 27 January 2022
- Run Time
- 4 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A good love letter can speak across centuries, and reassure us that the agony and the ecstasy one might feel today have been shared by lovers long gone. In The Love That Dares, queer love speaks its name through a wonderful selection of surviving letters between lovers and friends, confidants and companions.
Alongside the more famous names coexist beautifully written letters by lesser-known lovers. Together, they weave a narrative of queer love through the centuries, through the romantic, often funny, and always poignant words of those who lived it.
This audiobook is read for you by a cast of sixteen narrators, including members of the Hachette Pride Network.
Includes letters written by:
John Cage
Audre Lorde
Benjamin Britten
Lorraine Hansberry
Walt Whitman
Vita Sackville-West
Radclyffe Hall
Allen Ginsberg
(P)2021 Octopus Publishing Group
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Details
- Author
- Rachel Smith & Barbara Vesey
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 4 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 January 2022
- ISBN
- 9781781578315
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Octopus
- Genre
- Published diaries, letters and journals
Synopsis
"What this charming, moving and fascinating collection proves is that the [letter] form itself - a scribbled note, a declaration of love, an outpouring of passion, a bitter word -has always been with us." - Mark GatissA good love letter can speak across centuries, and reassure us that the agony and the ecstasy one might feel today have been shared by lovers long gone. In The Love That Dares, queer love speaks its name through a wonderful selection of surviving letters between lovers and friends, confidants and companions. Alongside the more famous names coexist beautifully written letters by lesser-known lovers. Together, they weave a narrative of queer love through the centuries, through the romantic, often funny, and always poignant words of those who lived it.This audiobook is read for you by a cast of sixteen narrators, including members of the Hachette Pride Network. Includes letters written by:John CageAudre Lorde Benjamin BrittenLorraine Hansberry Walt WhitmanVita Sackville-WestRadclyffe HallAllen Ginsberg(P)2021 Octopus Publishing Group
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