# Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes

Author: Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142; Héloïse, 1095?-1164?; Madan, Judith, 1702-1781 [Contributor]; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 [Contributor]; Hughes, John, 1677-1720 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35977

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## Summary

It may be proper to acquaint the reader, that the following Letter was written by _Abelard_ to a friend, to comfort him under some afflictions which had befallen him, by a recital of his own sufferings, which had been much heavier. It contains a particular account of his amour with _Heloise_, and the unhappy consequences of it. This Letter was written several years after _Abelard's_ separation from _Heloise_.

## Chapters

- [LETTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-abelard-and-heloise-to-which-is-prefix-d-a-particula-7166cc64/chapters/6/index.md)
- [LETTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-abelard-and-heloise-to-which-is-prefix-d-a-particula-7166cc64/chapters/2/index.md)
- [LETTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-abelard-and-heloise-to-which-is-prefix-d-a-particula-7166cc64/chapters/1/index.md)
- [LETTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-abelard-and-heloise-to-which-is-prefix-d-a-particula-7166cc64/chapters/3/index.md)
- [LETTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-abelard-and-heloise-to-which-is-prefix-d-a-particula-7166cc64/chapters/4/index.md)
- [LETTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-abelard-and-heloise-to-which-is-prefix-d-a-particula-7166cc64/chapters/5/index.md)