Classic Love Letter: Katherine Mansfield to John Middleton Murray

Kathleen Mansfield

Born                              October 14, 1888
                                       Wellington, New Zealand
Died                               January 9, 1923 (aged 34)
Pen name                     Katherine Mansfield
Nationality                    New Zealand
Literary movement    Modernism

Mansfield and Murray had begun, in 1911, a relationship that would culminate in their marriage in 1918. They led a troubled life during this time. (wikipedia.org)


Spring 1919

My love for you tonight is so deep and tender that it seems to be outside myself as well. I am fast shut up like a little lake in the embrace of some big mountains. If you were to climb up the mountains, you would see me down below, deep and shining - and quite fathomless, my dear. You might drop your heart into me and you'd never hear it touch bottom.

I love you - I love you - Goodnight. Oh, Bogey, what it is to love like this!