本书是“英语常青滕”系列之一，收录了外国名人如歌德、雪莱、巴尔扎克、雨果、劳伦斯等的情书共50封，每一封均有译文、作者简介和难点注释。译文流畅、优美，既可以领略到帝王将相、才子佳人的恩恩怨怨和缠绵悱恻，又可以学到英语地道的表达方式，实为一本难得的佳作。

1 Napoleon to Josephine

2 Josephine to Nepoleon

3 Beau Brummell to One of His Conquests

4 Nathaniel Hawthorne to His Wife

5 Bettine Brentano to Goethe

6 Goethe to Bettine Brentano

7 Dideror to Sophie Voland(I)

8 Dideror to Sophie Voland(II)

9 Lord

I shall be with you tomorrow, and be assured until I see you what I will keep in loving remembrance your last words, and your fervent prayer!