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Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/259038 Title: Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise Author: Pierre Abélard Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs 36 mins Language: English Release date: 2016-01-01 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Romance, Historical Romance Publisher's Summary: Heloise was a strong-willed and gifted woman who was fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and came from a lower social standing than Abelard. At age 19, and living under her uncle Fulbert's roof, Heloise fell in love with Abelard, who she was studying under. Not only did they have a clandestine affair of a sexual nature, they had a child, Astrolabe, out of wedlock. Discovered by the Fulbert (who was a Church official), Abelard was assaulted by a hired thug and castrated, and Heloise entered a convent. Abelard was exiled to Brittany, where he lived as monk. Eventually Heloise became abbess of the Oratory of the Paraclete, an abbey which Abelard had founded. It was a