Liber Amoris by William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)

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Liber Amoris is unlike anything Hazlitt wrote and probably like nothing you've come across before. On the face of it it tells the story of Hazlitt's infatuation with his landlords daughter. Hazlitt was middle aged and she young and pretty, a bit of a coquette from the sound of it. It turned out badly for Hazlitt and the book tells the story of this doomed love. Critics have always been divided about the merit of the piece. Even those who see its merit often feel more comfortable with his polished literary works, and perhaps rightly so. This is not a...

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  • 1 - Section A44 min
  • 2 - Section B47 min
  • 3 - Section C43 min
  • 4 - Section D29 min
  • 5 - Section E54 min

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