The Natural History of Love
The author knows how to condense the enormous literature on sex, courtship, marriage, romance and marital status into a superbly written book in which the literary and poetic flavor of the subject has remained intact....it is far from a 'lovely' subject in all its aspects, but it is illuminating and clarifying for every reader." (The New York Times Book Review).. A great book to own / read if you are in the classical (or other) performing arts. Puts some 'characters' into perspective.