Best Love Story of All Time

2 Antiquarian
Gillian Anderson - agree. she is a very good actress.
though her best role is Dana Scully, i would like to watch some other films where she starred.

i like the way love was described in "Granet brecelet" by Kuprin
a very sad story but true unrequited love

...To me it would definately be Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series. I just LOVE the relationship between Edward and Bella.
And I also really love Neil Gaiman's Stardust. That was amazing too.

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Mea Culpa, Kelby! You are correct, To Kill a Mockingbird is not a Love Story in the sense that it is not about the love between a man and a woman (or woman and woman, man and man). Therefore, I change my "vote" to Persuasion, another of Jane Austen's wonderful love stories.

"Tess of he D'Urbevilles" by Thomas Hardy.. Though excessively tragic... it is still a beautiful love story.. and one that inspires many tears..

Antony and Cleopatra, why not?

My favourite love story is between Will Ladislaw and Dorothea Casaubon in Middlemarch: The way he adores and loves her just the way she is and how she gradually realizes that she loves him because he doesn't restrict her in any way. And yes, I know, the book is not a proper love story, actually; it contains much more than that …

O.Henry The Gift of the Magi =)

Without doubt Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte ;)

i wouldnt call either of the books im about to mention "love stories" in the strictest sense but they are what come to mind nevertheless...

i am a big fan of hardy, austen and bronte who seem to be mentioned often but...

its been many years since ive read it---i remember being struck by the incredible dangers the male characters faced in dracula, for the love they had for the women in the book (particularly lucy if i remember rightly).

i also remember enjoying agnes' love for david copperfield after his first wife, dora, died.

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Originally Posted by Antiquarian

Two books I've been meaning to read, but have yet to do so. I do love Dickens, though. So far, Great Expectations has been my favorite. I received the Masterpiece Theatre version DVD for Christmas. :) I still haven't watched that! Shame on me.

I, too, love Jane Austen, the Brontes, and Thomas Hardy.

My favorite love story is Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and Thomas Hardy is one of my all time favorite authors. I'm on a quest to read everything he ever wrote, even his poetry. I have a long way to go with that, but am anticipating loving the journey as I've loved all of his writing so far.

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hi antiquarian---im a big dickens fan also and have pretty much enjoyed everything of his ive read. have you read a tale of two cities yet? i can put that book into a similar sort of way i gave in my post above---its not a love story proper but when it gets right down to the very end, what one of the former rivals does is incredibly powerful.

i enjoy hardy quite a bit too. i think tess was my first hardy novel---probably because i used to like nastassia kinski!

yes---you must read david copperfield and dracula! smiles...