💌 Love Letters of Great Men: An Evening of Readings & Conversation

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### 💌 Love Letters of Great Men: An Evening of Readings & Conversation

📅 Date: OCt 25th
⏰ Time: 3 - 4 pm
📍 Location: Vancouver Central Library (L6 North Meeting room, number 690)

For centuries, great men have put pen to paper in moments of love, longing, and vulnerability, leaving behind words that still move us today.
In this special evening, we’ll gather to read and discuss a curated selection of history’s most memorable love letters, exploring both their literary beauty and their human honesty.
Our selections will include:

• 1. Napoleon Bonaparte → Joséphine de Beauharnais
• Search: Napoleon's love letters to Josephine
• Famous one starts: "I awake consumed with thoughts of you..."

### 2. Ludwig van Beethoven → “Immortal Beloved”

• Search: Beethoven Immortal Beloved letter
• Written July 6–7, 1812 — begins "My angel, my all, my very self..."

### 3. Oscar Wilde → Lord Alfred Douglas (“Bosie”)

• Search: Oscar Wilde De Profundis (for the long prison letter) or Oscar Wilde love letters to Bosie
• Famous excerpt: "My own boy, your sonnet is quite lovely..."

### 4. John Keats → Fanny Brawne

• Search: John Keats love letters to Fanny Brawne
• Famous one starts: "I cannot exist without you..."

### 5. Mark Twain → Olivia Langdon

• Search: Mark Twain love letters to Olivia Langdon
• Famous line: "I take you for better or worse, without a thought of heaven or hell..."

### 6. Johnny Cash → June Carter Cash

• Search: Johnny Cash letter to June Carter birthday
• Written in 1994 — begins: "Happy Birthday Princess..."

Discussion topics :

• After each, open a short discussion: What strikes you? Romantic ideal or red flag? Would this work in today’s world?
• Compare eras, what’s changed in how we express love? What’s timeless?
• Are emojis like 🍆 and 🍑 the modern version of love letters?

Here is the link to the Full text of letters (pls read it before the meetup) :

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XSkwrmHe6SlE47r0BppEHw6V53baHRI2ErQO-Mg0FHw/edit?usp=share_link

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