Sometimes, all one needs is Tom Hiddleston aka Loki crooning John Keats’ La Belle Dame Sans Merci in one’s ear.
Hiddleston, along with other British acting luminaries such as Helena Bonham Carter, Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory and Emma Watson, read a marvellously wide-ranging selection of poetry in The Love Book App. The text is included, so this is a perfect newbie’s introduction to poetry as well.
The celebrity readings are the hook, but the app offers other textual inspirations. These range from quotes by famous people, organised under themes such as “I love you” to “Funny” to love letters from such personalities as Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine de Beauharnais and Edith Wharton to Morton Fullerton. Not all the selections are read out loud. But if you are inspired, the app offers users the option to record their own readings.
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