But he looked back, and then she was lost.
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But he looked back, and then she was lost.
the greeks also believed that love was a slight variation of hate.
I don't recall that. Care to elaborate?
Translation by Brian Hooker (some other translations aren't so hot)
Of course, I haven't read many of the others listed here... Though I can't imagine I'd like any other story like this one. Always gets me on the verge of tears.
Afraid I can't speak for the original (french?) text :( I'm sure it's worthwhile.
Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations
The Divine Comedy would have to prove as my choice too - an entire terza rima poem dedicated to Beatrice.Quote:
Originally Posted by nothingman87
I loved Pride and Prejudice as sappy as that sounds. Then there's also the ending of His Dark Materials, I just found it infinitely sad how they agreed to 'meet' every midsummer's day on that one bench ... :(
The Notebook, by the way Jay, is by Nicholas Sparks, the author of A Walk to Remember which I've heard praised very much. It's apparently just about as romantic and touching as they get. The other book you were referring to is I think The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller (Ia knows how to use her Amazon ;) :thumbs_up ), which is described as "the romance classic of the 1990's".
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Who can resist Rhett?
I can't decide Rhett or Heathcliff - Scarlett or Catherine? Gone with The Wind or Wuthering Heights
Catherine and Heathcliff--> Wuthering Heights!
It wasn't really that love was a type of hate. They were seperate things, but love was something that should not be seen. It was for the private sphere and anyone who released their passions, or spoke them was subject to hubris, wildness, arrogance, and most horribly of all tyrany or tyrannos, so I suppose that in that sense tyrannos being a hated thing by the gods love was a hated thing, but not really a variation of hate. Probably the best example of this is in the Phadrea, where she loves her husbands son, her step-son and struggles thorugh the play trying to hide her passions.Quote:
Originally Posted by star blue
Basically to the Greeks love should be kept private, not spoken, not observed.
But if your looking at great loves look at all the male relationships in Greek Literature. Patrocolus and Achilles for example, what else could have spurned Achilles to drag Hector behind a chariot than the killing of his boytoy.
"The White Gauntlet" by Captain(Thomas) Mayne Reid.
while definately not the best book on love (i think... haven't finished it yet so i can't be sure) Atlas Shrugged has a very insightful line which I love.
It is something to the effect of "those men think the flowers, lights, and decorations should make them romantic, instead of the other way around"
Obviously it should be the other way around, the character of men making the peripheral romantic.
*gets off soapbox*
'Evangeline'......by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. But it is an epic poem, not a story. It is about the banishment of a people, and the seperation of lovers that this causes. Tremendous stuff!
The village idolizes the 'fairest maiden', and Longfellow comments that the villagers seeing her in the street feel this merely by her presence; "After she has passed, it is like the ceasing of exquisite mucic."
to be honest, i can't think of a love story i really loved :D wuthering heigts was quite enjoyable, but only for the atmosphere, not for the love part of the love story... and i kindo liked scarlett from gone with the wind.