{"product_id":"9781476675053-longfellow-in-love","title":"Longfellow in Love","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePassion and Tragedy in the Life of the Poet\u003cbr\u003eAfter four years of travel in Europe, including a full year of being in love with Giulia Persiani in Rome, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow returned home in 1829 and fell in love again, this time with Miss Mary Storer Potter, whom he married in 1831. Traveling in Switzerland in 1836, he met the woman who would become the grand passion of his life, whio he married in 1843.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   After four years traveling through Europe and  a yearlong romance with Giulia Persiani in Rome, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow came back home in 1829 and fell in love again, this time with Mary Storer Potter, whom he married in 1831. They traveled together to England and Scandinavia in 1834 but their happiness was cut short when she died in 1835.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   In 1836, traveling in Switzerland, he met the woman who would become the grand passion of his life, 18-year old Fanny Appleton of Boston. But she, a wealthy textile heiress, was not interested in settling down with a Harvard professor. She rebuffed his advances for six years--then suddenly changed her mind and married him on July 13, 1843. For the next 18 years they were \"America's couple,\" and Longfellow became America's poet--and then tragedy struck once again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41675648499809,"sku":"9781476675053","price":29.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28742708.jpg?v=1733504014","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781476675053-longfellow-in-love","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}