![]() ![]() ![]() Heloise, so far, spends half her letters worshiping him and the other half begging him to say a nice word to her, a private, caring word. Admittedly I have only read his narration of his “troubles”, which tells of their meeting, their romance, their secret marriage, his sudden castration by her male relatives, and their entrance both into separate, but nonetheless related, lives within the Church and the first three letters (there are 8 total). I know I should not be so surprised, but I am finding Abelard to be nothing more than a total self-centered jerk and I find myself getting cross at Heloise for taking it from him. ![]() Both Abelard and Heloise are good at expressing themselves (and the translation I am reading seems to be a good one - it has many interesting explanatory footnotes). ![]()
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