The Story of My Misfortunes
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486444017 (0486444015)
Publish date: August 4th 2005
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Philosophy,
French Literature
I've never understood why the story of Abelard and Heloise is considered romantic. Abelard was a self-centered whiner who seems to have had no reservations about violating his monastic vows and the trust of his employer. He finagled a teaching position with the plan of beating his student so that sh...