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Hmmm, I'll just list a few interesting love stories off the top of my head, refering to the story of the characters, not the novel in its entirety.
Marius and Cosette - Les Mis.
Catherine Barkley and Frederic Henry - A Farewell to Arms
Yuri Zhivago and Lara - Doctor Zhivago
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Originally Posted by Big Dante
The story that comes to mind as the best for me at the moment is Isaac Bashevis Singer's Gimpel the Fool, but there are so many good ones many already mentioned in this thread.
my thanks to everyone for all the books so far mentioned, i will have to get around to getting some of them, i could do with something emotional for a change.
i really like romantic sub-plots to novels, they add great character development and something more to the full plot, yet i have never read a book where it was the main theme. i was today in a book store reading the first pages of 'First Love' by Turgenev. i know the basic plot and am intrigued by it yet it was way too pricey to buy just yet. anyone here read it, what did you think of it?
Anna Karenina, both her story and that of Levin and Kitty. It is in watching the arc of the two stories play out that brings such depth to the novel.
I also love O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi. I cry whenever I read it. It is the best of all love stories because it shows what genuine love is. Emma, because it is funny, and also because I adore George Knightley, and Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew; I like the fiery tempestuousness of it.
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Narcissus I believe.... :wink5:
I would recommend these texts.
The Arrow of Gold - Conrad
The Slave - Singer
A Child Possessed - Hutchinson
Wuthering Heights - Bronte (although the comments directed against it above are tru-ish)
The Taste of Too Much - Hanley
I should pick something by Lawrence but I won't as I don't much like him
The Book of Ruth
But I want to throw in a wonderful film - In the Mood for Love
I agree about Pasternak
And for the young and uncynical The Snow Goose - Gallico and Goodnight Mr Tom - Magorian
Joyce's "The Dead"
Anna Karenina, but Levin and Kitty not Anna and Vronsky.
Troilus and Cressida :) I'l third/fourth the Kitty and Levin recommendation as well.
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Originally Posted by moodymozart
Kitty and Levin, still make me smile thinking that they are really out there somewhere.
Another vote for Kitty and Levin.
I feel like a Bella/Jacob relationship fan, haha.