From great feelings in grand words: The most beautiful love stories of famous women and men. "Be my guardian angel, my muse, and my Madonna," writes Charles Baudelaire to a woman with whom he shares an unfulfilled love. In their letters, celebrities become human. There, longing, loyalty, confusion, and despair find their immediate expression, often resulting in literary masterpieces. This lavishly designed volume tells the stories of lovers in words and images and gathers letters from, among others, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Marlene Dietrich, Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, and Virginia Woolf.