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Jul 14, 2021 · Before you get a happy ending, there's a chance you'll collect a sad love story or two along the way, and these sad love stories will make you feel less alone.
- Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman. 'Call Me by Your Name' by André Aciman. Two young people fall in love on the Italian Riviera in Call Me by Your Name, a heartrending novel set in the mid-1980s.
- The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander. 'The Light of the World' by Elizabeth Alexander. The Lit. Bar. A finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Biography, poet Elizabeth Alexander’s memoir, The Light of the World, traces the bounds of love, grief, and recovery.
- This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith. 'This Close to Okay' by Leesa Cross-Smith. Underground Books. A recently divorced therapist and a man she’s consoling come together in this quiet romance novel.
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. 'This Is How You Lose the Time War' by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. How is it possible for a book to have a hopeful ending and be sad?
Jul 8, 2024 · Now, get ready to revel in a sad love story (or several), and while you’re at it, pass the tissues. And when you’re done with that, we have some (happier) movies about summer love for you...
Oct 6, 2022 · Reminders of Him is a profound love story that takes its readers on an emotional journey of forgiveness, redemption, absolution, and self-love. As one of the best sad romance books of 2022, Colleen Hoover knows what she is doing, and I cannot wait to see what she has in store for us next.
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- Anna Karenina
- West Side Story
- Madame Bovary
- Brokeback Mountain
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Wuthering Heights
- Titanic
- Romeo & Juliet
- Tristan and Isolde
Many of the most compelling love stories are tragic ones. From Romeo and Juliet to Ennis and Jack, here’s a look at nine romances that have had the opposite of happy endings. How many have left you in tears?
Anna Karenina appears to have the perfect happy family with her husband, a wealthy bureaucrat, and their son, until she begins what becomes a very public affair with a handsome count. Their relationship quickly dissolves, along with her place in society. Disgraced, shamed, and heartbroken, Anna meets her death on the Russian railroad.
In this musical adaptation of Romeo & Juliet set in 1950s New York City, the love of teenagers Maria and Tony is doomed by their affiliations with rival gangs. They carry on a secret romance as tension between the gangs escalates and ends in tragedy.
In Gustave Flaubert’s novel, Emma Bovary is bored and dissatisfied with her marriage to a country doctor. Her escapes into fantasy and infidelity lead her to financial ruin and, ultimately, a tragic end.
In E. Annie Proulx’s short story, which later became an Academy Award-winning film, ranch hands Ennis and Jack fall for each other in rural Wyoming and begin a long-term love affair. An unaccepting culture compels them to keep their love secret, however, and they live apart while each secretly pines for the man he truly loves.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is Victor Hugo’s tale of the unrequited love of hunchbacked bell ringer Quasimodo for the beautiful, kind-hearted street performer Esmeralda. When Esmeralda’s jealous stalker stabs the man with whom she is trysting, she is blamed for the crime and eventually hangs. Years later, the skeleton of a hunchback is found embrac...
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is among the most dramatic romantic tragedies in literature. Societal constraints and personal pride prevent Cathy from being with Heathcliff, and she eventually marries another man. Heathcliff, heartbroken, remains bitter through the rest of his life, which he commits to seeking revenge on the forces that kept him ...
In James Cameron’s 1997 film, upper-class Rose meets working-class Jack aboard the Titanic. Jack offers an alternative to Rose’s fiancé, with whom she is not in love, and her sheltered life, which bores her. Their plans to run away together are thwarted when the ship sinks following a collision with an iceberg. While Jack perishes in the icy waters...
The love of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, is doomed by their feuding families. The two fall in love at first sight and secretly marry but are prevented from being together for fear of their families’ disapproval. Seeking a way to be together, Juliet fakes her own death, with devastating consequences. Romeo & Juliet is the qui...
One of the classic romances of Western literature, Tristan & Isolde is the tale of a princess who, pledged to marry a king, instead becomes involved with his nephew, Tristan. The two are, of course, eventually separated and years of pining ensue; the story culminates in a thwarted reunion. Originally a 12th-century legend, the story has been adapte...
Jan 16, 2024 · So in the true spirit of Valentine’s Day, here are 10 Tragic Love Stories that Will Break Your Heart. Because as St. Valentine knew better than anyone, the best romances don’t end happily, and the greatest love stories are tragedies above all. 1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Yes, it’s creepy. But it’s also a tragic love story.
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Reading sad short stories can help you release your own emotions, and make you feel more connected to the world around you. Narratives of separation, pain, heartbreak, nostalgia, and loss are undeniably important in bringing people together.
