The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Penguin Classics)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: September 3, 1998
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780140442977
First sentence: There are times when example is better than precept for stirring or soothing human passions; and so I propose to follow up the words of consolation I gave you in person with the history of my own misfortunes, hoping thereby to give you comfort in absence.