For more than a millennium, love has consumed people’s minds. Inspiring acts of heroism and insanity, it has the power to bring out the best and worst in people; yet, despite the risk, we all long to find a love worth sacrificing our lives for!

Timeless Love is a beautiful compilation of poetry, short stories, and letters written by some of the most famous classical authors. From William Shakespeare to Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Barret Browning to L.M Montgomery, John Keats to Alexander Hamilton, and Robert Burns to the Brothers Grimm, the vast collection brought a variety of romance in all shapes and sizes. With poems that will make your toes tingle, short stories that will bring tears to your eyes, and letters that will swell your heart, this is the perfect book for all the romantics looking for more reasons to fight for the people we love.

While I must confess that I hadn’t read or heard of most of the work included in this book, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the narrators pour their souls into the passion-filled compositions. Personally, I loved the poetry section the best because the words swept me off my feet and filled me with an even greater desire to one day find a man who will love me with as much passion as these authors wrote about. The short stories were also entertaining. It was funny to have a beloved fairytale included, but it fit. Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale also deserves mention; it was equally beautiful and heartbreaking! Lastly, getting to hear two of Hamilton’s letters to Eliza was a real treat! *Queues Burn on Spotify*

Altogether, this is a great collection piece to have on your bookshelf. There is nothing better than spending a few hours immersed in the world of love and romance! The way words influence our emotions is truly remarkable, and I admire these classic authors for how they were able to capsulate just a pinch of what love can be.

*Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing this pre-release recording. All opinions and thoughts are my own.*

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* interesting but different, not really my cup of tea though

It was such a beautiful beautiful read. I think the poems were first amazing - the selection was very apt. And then the audiobook narrator did a brilliant job with the narration - I was enthralled and loved being in the moment. I would put down everything and just sit down or lay back to soak in these beautiful and evergreen words.

I was lucky to receive an ARC of this audiobook from NetGalley

I enjoyed listening to this collection. I like that you can listen to different poems and stories separately when you feel like it. You can just listen to one tale a time and doesn’t take much of your time. Or if you are in the mood for a bit of romance or old time love, you can just pick a tale or a poem and have a listen.

I especially enjoyed the old familiar stories like Rapunzel and I enjoyed the poems. The letters were less for me but it is still good to read letters from the past and see how much communication between people have changed from the 1800s to today. It’s quite eye opening.

All in all, this is a good collection of stories about love. I really enjoyed listening to it

This was a lovely collection of poems, short stories and letters, all centering on the theme of love in some way. The full cast for the audiobook was a delight, with different people with different accents reading the various items. I think on the whole, that this would work better as a book, because then you could easily pick and choose what you wanted to read (a particular poem or a short story, for example), even though the recording was lovely. The audiobook also didn’t come with a detailed table of contents, which would have made it easier to listen to a particular story or poem.

I very much enjoyed the poems, which included ones by Shakespeare, Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Wordsworth, and Robert Burns and a few others. The short stories included ones by Oscar Wilde, Edith Wharton, and The Brothers Grimm (including the well-known fairy tale, Rapunzel). The letters from Alexander Hamilton to his wife Elizabeth Schuyler, while he was courting her were wonderful. There were also letters from Keats, Robert Browning and Barrett.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook. All opinions are my own.

Wonderful collection of short stories and letters from so many well known and classic authors. Wonderful book to read for the month of Valentine's. It's refreshing to see love stories and love letters written from the past.

I enjoyed most of the stories and letters.
But the poetry was not for me, although the cadans could be nice I had trouble focusing on the words.
My favorite story was The Gossip of Valley View by L.M. Montgomery, it was such a sweet story.
Ithink the stories and letters give a good view into love in the 18th and 19th centuries (UK and US).
Since it is almost valentine this felt like the ideal time to listen to them.
3.5 stars

A beautiful collection of classic poetry and other writing about love and romance. The audiobook is narrated by a talented full cast making it a relaxing listen at home. Perfect for listening to while painting or pursuing other creative hobbies. Would also make a beautiful gift for a loved one with an interest in poetry and classics.

Timeless Love: Poems, Stories, and Letters (Hardcover)
by William Shakespeare
Collections of various authors form 14th century to the 18th century, with poems and prose. Shakespeare sonnets, Elizabeth Barret Browning and John Browning's love letters, John Keats, chases after two separate women to hilarity of the reader as he switches between one and another. Edith Wharton, and her stories of how love should be. Its a somber look at love and relationships in history.

Love. Who knew that a four-letter word could hold such emotional resonance. With Valentines Day you might want to be inspired to share the love stories of those whose experience has lasted through the ages. Its title "Timeless Love" affirms this and features sonnet's, poetry, letters, and short stories from some of history's brightest minds. In this collection, you'll find John Keats, Edith Wharton, William Shakespeare, L.M Montgomery, and more. It is one I highly recommend if you feel the need to express your love through a literary medium. You cannot go wrong by utilizing the words of these great people for their intention has been cemented since the time of their creation. The audiobook is told by various narrators who brought these works to life. I enjoyed it immensely and would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher (Thomas Nelson) for a review copy to listen to. Out of five stars, I gave this audiobook four.

This audiobook is fantastic! The narrators are so good, it was a real pleasure to listen to.
I loved the poems and the story, but I feel the letters especially added a bit of taste of reality to it.
Highly recommended!!

Thank you NetGalley for granting me access to this audiobook.

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Book - Timeless Love : Poems, Stories and Letters
Author - William Shakespeare, John Keats, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Genre - Literary Fiction
Audiobook by Thomas Nelson

❤️"Timeless love" is just like it's name. A wonderful classic treasure with wonderful compilation of stories, dramas, poems and letters. The indulgence in this book is totally pleasurable and timeworthy! The letters especially are must read for all.

❤️I'm sure fellow readers you all must have read few sonnets or many of the texts, but savouring all the poems, especially Hamilton's letters was an amazing experience. Invitation to love, The nightingale and the rose, Mr & Mrs. Dove, The girl and the photograph are few names I personally liked a lot. John Keats exquisite love letters to Fanny Brown are all hearts!

❤️The narrators I must mention are so excellent to such an extent that maybe I would have read just plain,but the way they said, we feel the depth, the love, the emotions getting goosebumps literally!

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Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for kindly providing me with a digital audiobook copy of this book for review.
I listened to this audiobook, which is a collection of poetry, pose and letters all around the theme of love. Some of them, such as the Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde, pieces I was already familiar, but I have discovered some new authors as well. And like many anthologies, there’s always different writings that I prefer over others- I really liked the short story by Edith Wharton in this collection, and I’m making it a 2021 aim to read more of her this year.
I enjoyed all the different narrations, and the addition of music also helped to enrich the audio experience.
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I would suggest this might be an ideal gift for the bookish love of your life.

Timeless love is a collection of classic love poems and letters. Authors include William Shakespeare, John Keats, Oscar Wilde, and more.

The narrators did a wonderful job in presenting these timeless poems. I would recommend this to all who like classic love poetry and to all romantic souls.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to listen to this! All opinions are my own.

I'm not a majorly romantic person, but I can be quite the fool for literary romance. Show me a good love poem and I might just believe it's all real. As such, I couldn't pass up the chance to indulge in some of the best love poems, stories and letters narrated beautifully. Thanks to Thomas Nelson and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

In Timeless Love we are gifted with various poems, stories and letters, excellently narrated, from some of our most well-known authors. From Shakespeare's sonnets to Alexander Hamilton's letters, there is a variety of things to listen to and there will be something for everyone to enjoy.

There were a few favourites for me. 'The Fullness of Life' by Edith Wharton is a joy that plays with what love and happiness truly is. 'Mr. and Mrs. Dove' by Katherine Mansfield is adorable and was new to me. The real standout, however, were the three stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery, namely 'The Tryst of the White Lady', 'The Girl and the Photograph' and 'The Gossip of Valley View'. The first is a Gothic tale of love and haunting with an oddly touching ending. The second is a story of confusion and destiny, love found, lost and regained at last. The third was perhaps my favourite of the three, in which town gossip for once brings about happiness. I hadn't read any L.M. Montgomery before although I was aware of her, so this was a nice introduction. The poems I was mostly familiar with, but since I'm not a major poetry fiend they didn't affect me as much as the stories. The same was true for the letters, although every since Hamilton I've had a soft spot for Alexander and Eliza.

My only gripe with Timeless Love would be that these texts were taken mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries and solely from the UK and the USA, with an exception for the Brothers Grimm from Germany. I would have loved to see a wider branching out, to see texts that we're not as familiar with from voices we haven't heard quite as often. Many of the texts in this collection will be familiar to the listener and reader, so the occasional surprise would have been fun. Since all these texts are classics, it is hard to really say much about them. Each is well-written and has its own charm. The beauty of Timeless Love, for me, therefore lies in the narration. Each narrator does an excellent job to bring emotion and pathos to the texts, may they be poems, stories or letters. This audio production is narrated by a full cast and sadly I found it difficult to find a full list of the narrators. As such, I have done my best to produce a full list of narrators (underlined) below since they deserve a lot of credit for making it all a pleasure to listen to. If you notice a mistake, please do let me know!

Poems:

Shakespeare and Wordsworth by Mike Reid; John Keats and Paul Laurence Dunbar by Sule Rimi; Elizabeth Barret Browning and Christina Rosetti by Natalie Pownall; Robert Burns by Angus King; Mary Weston Fordham and Alice Dunbar Nelson by Penelope Rawlins.

Stories:

Oscar Wilde by Mike Reid; Edith Wharton and Katherine Mansfield by Penelope Rawlins; L.M. Montgomery by Natalie Pownall; the Brothers Grimm by Mike Reid, Sule Rimi, and Angus King.

Letters:

Alexander Hamilton and Robert Browning by Sule Rimi; John Keats by Mike Reid; Elizabeth Barret Browning by Natalie Pownall.

For those with a love for, well..., love, Timeless Love will be a delightful listen or read. The collection is excellently narrated and although very traditional, it is a nice selection of texts.

Would I recommend this for a long car ride? No.
Quiet day at home? Most definitely.

To some extent, what matters is the narration, which is fantastic by all accounts; there are moments where I had goosebumps because the narration was so good. Hands down would say it's fantastic just on that alone.

But I loved the mix of very much in the pop culture psyche and things I'd never heard before. Hearing the sonnets at the beginning was a marvelous and quite a familiar feeling of nostalgia. But on the other hand, there were short stories I had never heard before that depicted love in different forms and how it can grow and change, and I found them enrapturing as I listened.

This book is sweet as candy and timeless, much as the title states.

My thanks to NetGalley for the audiobook of Timeless Love.

This was my first audio experience through NetGalley, and I don't regret it one bit! I found the audiobook to be absolutely beautifully melancholic and extremely romantic - as the title itself suggests.

Timeless Love is a simple but powerful poetry collection that can be enjoyed via audio. I was happy to listen to it at work, considering that the narration was relaxing, but not completely boring. Readers will find many fan-favorites, such as Shakespeare, Keats, and many other authors as well.

I highly recommend picking up this audiobook.

Thank you Netgalley for this audiobook collection.

I normally am the one reading the poetry and I will say having the chance to listen to others read it((full cast)) has been the most delightful.

Of course I have loved this and while I would love to own it in print I also would not be opposed to buying this as a audio either

Thank you to Netgalley for the audio copy of this collection!

In brief, this is a lovely collection that really does a wonderful job of highlighting the melancholy, hope, joy and pain of love and the feeling of rapture that can accompany those early pangs. This would be a wonderful poetry collection for any poetry lover, or as a gift for a couple - maybe even on their wedding day. I loved the narration and the audiobook was a delight to listen to, but the cover of the physical book and it’s contents would be absolutely worth having in print.

Seeing Paul Laurence Dunbar featured in this collection was such a bonus for me! While the collections features favorites like Shakespeare and Keats, it doesn’t ignore a more diverse list of authors. The effect is one that feels complete and interesting. The decision to include letters makes perfect sense, as the lyrical quality compliments the poetry very nicely.

Really enjoyed this.

The description on this one really says it all: "This beautiful collection celebrates the beauty and the agony of love through classic poems, stories, and letters from beloved writers. Because it defines human existence, love is one of art's favorite subjects. Timeless Love: Poems, Stories, and Letters celebrates the mysterious nature of love and passion by bringing together classic works by beloved writers through the ages."
I loved hearing these stories, poems, and letters from famous writers of the past. It was like stepping backwards in time and it was the perfect escape from reality and the dreaded Monday morning.