Literary equivalents of rom coms

[Alfred001]

I'm new to literature and I'm wondering whether there is literature that is similar to cinematic romantic comedies?

Of course there is a whole tradition of romance novels, but I'm thinking about more quality literature that is generally similar to the romantic comedies in film in that they are actually comic and light for the most part rather than melodramatic or heavy as often happens, it needn't, though, necessarily be in the old Hollywood tradition of snappy dialogue among upper class people.

[Drkshadow03]

Jane Austen?

[JBI]

Yes. They are called Romance Novels. Harlequin or mills and boon is it in the uk?

[kasie]

You might enjoy Nancy Mitford - Love in a Cold Climate and The Pursuit of Love would more or less fit your requirements.

I'd avoid M&B - and Barbara Cartland - I doubt if they will satisfy your Literary requirements and possibly not your Romantic specifications either.... They cater for quite a low level of reading skills, in my limited experience of them.

If you fancy a play, Noel Coward's Private Lives is good. I saw an excellent production in Chichester last year - it's gone to the West End since then.

[Hawkman]

Henry Fielding, Tom Jones.

[Lykren]

I second Jane Austen wholeheartedly.