The letters reveal that his feelings for her were intense and later were reciprocated by the younger Hale – but despite this, their love was ultimately and heartbreakingly thwarted. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Emily Hale and TS Eliot in 1946. “I have no really intimate friends, though vast acquaintances,” Eliot wrote, in his own hand, imploring Hale to accept his ardour. By November of that year, Eliot – now typing – wrote he had been in a “state of torment” for a month. This, Hale continued, “was both a shock and a sorrow”.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2020 19:50 UTC