Best Love Story of All Time

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Originally Posted by Luce

How about Anna Karenina?

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You mean Kitty and Levin?

I like Pride and Prejudice, i think this is the kind of love i would like to experience.

I think I'll have to forward "The Sun Also Rises".
It's hardly conventional, but is, concurently, absurdly touching.

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Originally Posted by happyeverafter

I would have to say that Jane Austen wrote the best love stories of all time. Now, i am not a great reader when it comes to classics, but i firmly believe there is no better romance writer than Austen. Every single story she told was timeless, and i loved all of them (i had a J.A. class last year) but if forced to choose....i would have to only go down to three and say Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. I love how the same basic plot is in all three books (actually in all of Austen's Novels) but plays out differently every time. And, i also think that these 3 novels have the best male characters.
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I agree with so many posts here that Jane Austen wrote classic romances--some of the best. She was so true to her time, but also so timeless. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite.

I also like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.

My pick would be The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje. It took 2 readings over a span of 5 years for me to appreciate the poetic prose of the novel, but once I "got it," I have loved it ever since.

What I love about it is that it shows different types of love and how they evolve due to changes in circumstance and personal values. The fact that so many love stories happen during the period of the ending of WWII creates a contrast that I find very poignant (sorry if this sounds like one of those book reviews).

probably either lolita, the great gatsby, or giovanni's room. I can't decide! :)

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Originally Posted by nothingman87

Dante's Divine Comedy ;)

Hey, if you go through hell for a woman, that's gotta be love.

"And a fair, saintly Lady called to me,
In such wise, I besought her to command me.
Her eyes were shining brighter than the Star."
(The Inferno, Canto II)

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It's a bit of an old post, but a classic! :D

In terms of love stories...I haven't read many, but I must say R&J is up there in favourites, or Pride and Prejudice, as much as I loath the BBC version...but the recent one with Keira Knightley was great! Have yet to read the original novel though.

I like the BBC version. The recent film was a bit boring.

I think Pearl Buck's The Good Earth has stood the test of time. what an incredible story. But my favorite book (since I was 12) is To Kill a Mockingbird

Um, is that a love story?

My absolute favorite love story is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. A close second and third are The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (the love between Sir Lancelot and Guinevere), and Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters.

but Tristan and Isolde has so many versions.
the very first one is not that much lovely. i must say.