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Thrilling, sexy, and compulsively readable — the books on our list of the very best romance novels are sure to make you fall head over heels in love.
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The intent of this list is to provide a list of works of fiction or poetry written in the romantic literary style. Romanticism is the conceptual school of art. It deals, not with the random trivia of the day, but with the timeless, fundamental, universal problems and values of human existence.
- Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Beauty and The Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villenueve
- The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
- Cinderella by Charles Perrault
- Emma by Jane Austen
- The End of The Affair by Graham Greene
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Love Story by Erich Segal
I know Annabel Leeis technically a poem, but it’s such a memorable classic love story with well-known lines by an absolute legend in literature that I simply had to include it on this list. You can read it as part of a compilation to explore even more of Poe’s ruminations on romance. Related Post: Best Edgar Allan Poe Love Quotes
Anna Karenina is widely considered one of the best classic romance novels. An absolute giantin Russian literature, it tells the tragic love story of a married woman having an affair with absolutely dire consequences. Don’t let the length scare you — it’s not extremely difficult to read, and it’s well worth exploring its themes of familial versus ro...
A “tale as old as time,” Beauty and the Beast is the classic fairy taleromance of a young book-loving maiden and the seemingly vicious beast imprisoning her. You’ll especially love this illustrated, interactive version of the original text.
The Bridges of Madison County is one of the most widely read modern classic romance novels. A small-town romance, it centers on the secret affair of Francesca, a repressed wife and mother in a rural town, with a travel photographer who visits to shoot local bridges. Their passionate love affair causes reverberations that are felt for decades to com...
Cinderellais one of the best classic romance books for beginners, with only a few dozen pages of text written for children. As you may know, it follows a young woman, who is treated poorly by her stepmother and stepsisters, but is able to win the heart of a prince with the help of a fairy godmother. You’ll love indulging in the luxurious original t...
Emma is one of readers’ favorites from the Jane Austen book collection, beloved for the witty heroine of the same name. She steers clear of love for herself while acting as a matchmaker to those around her. But, there are consequences to her meddling in the love life of the young and impressionable Harriet Smith, including sabotaging her own growin...
I originally picked up The End of the Affairafter hearing book lover Reese Witherspoon recommend it and seeing that it was not very long. Taking place in World War II-era London, it centers on an affair between a passionate writer and a bored housewife. Tortured by guilt, she ends the affair, but it’s only later that the writer can fully explore th...
The Great Gatsby is a popular Jazz Age novel in which an outsider watches as a rich and extravagant man falls in love with the very the beautiful, and very married, Daisy Buchanan. It’s an unrequited love that ultimately consumes him, as this beloved novel offers so many poignant themes, including the American Dream, and it’s just one of those book...
You may not think of Little Womenas a love story primarily, but rather a cozy family story of four sisters and their matriarch at home during the Civil War, coming of age and exploring their unique creativity. But, it’s hard to deny that much of their coming-of-age involves Meg’s marriage and Jo’s and Amy’s love triangle with their beloved neighbor...
Love Story is a more modern romance you may have already watched, as the movie adaptation is classic Americana at its finest. It’s the tear-jerking relationship between a rich jock and future Harvard lawyer from a conservative family at a sharp, creative, music student. Get your tissues out for this romance for the ages.
Romanticism genre: new releases and popular books, including Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf, Remaki...
The Romantic movement in English literature of the early 19th century has its roots in 18th-century poetry, the Gothic novel and the novel of sensibility. This includes the pre-Romantic graveyard poets from the 1740s, whose works are characterized by gloomy meditations on mortality, "skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms".
Feb 10, 2016 · Classic Romance Novels Worth Reading Classic romance stories of boy and girl meet, fall in love, marry, and live happily ever after very rarely happen in real life. Where is the turmoil, the heartache, the deceit, and the messy breakup?
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Feb 21, 2018 · Besides, you deserve to treat yourself on a memorable date with classic literature. #1: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1811) In the wake of their father’s death, the Dashwood sisters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, are left to their own devices when they move to a cottage owned by a distant cousin.
