Best Love Stories
Novels with memorable love stories.
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genre-fiction, romance
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sigh this book is so romantic i wanna cry just thinkin bout it!!!


I second that feeling.
Near "Pride and Prejudice," above "Romeo and Juliet," "Much Ado About Nothing," "As You Like It," "Anna Karenina," AND above just about every 19th century BritLit classic, come to that ...

Indeed it has Vicki, indeed it has...
Bjdalyhorell wrote: "Surprised not to see Dr. Zhivago on this list."
Is now!!
Is now!!

Irving Stone, and you are correct: a great love story. Also John Adams as per McCullough's bio--the exchange of letters alone tells the story.

I second that feeling.
Near "Pride an..."
Isabella Swan, American Girl: Wears rags most of the time, dresses up in blue, likes one particular vampire despite, survives hellish childbirth. Likes to ride rehabbed motorcycles with her werewolf friend Jacob. Clean, rough-n-ready gal. Her spunk reminds some readers of Sarah Palin (gaggh). Last line of Breaking Dawn was to be "Reader, I married him" but editors nixxed it.
---Stay strong, Tommy Tortoise



That is true every good love story has made me cry, but i think that The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks should have been included... And any Twilight Fans or any fan of love stories will enjoy the book Fallen by Lauren Kate and Hush Hush by becca Fitzpatrick

I diasgree because when you meet someone that special their life becomes yours and yours is theirs. Its like they traded, they are so absorbed of being together and it is a great love story... Not the best but it is an extrodinary series

As do I....and above Jane Eyre...and Wuthering Heights. I am sorry, but Edward is no Heathcliff. Twilight has left a horrible scar across literature.

I totally agree! Twilight, and different books like Ella Enchanted are good, but I don't really think they're all about the love story, and they just don't have that feeling that moves you like Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and even A Walk to Remember. Bringing such a touching story with someones faith in God makes it so amazing. Not to mention, no one, not even Edward, can compare with Mr. Darcy!

Jane Eyre: Jane & Mr. Rochester *sighs* My fav book! Love them!!
Pride & Prejudice: Mr. Darcy & Elizabeth one of THE best love stories EVER!
Outlander: Claire & Jamie I love them and their unique love story set in Scottland, it just melts you!
Wuthering Heights: Catherine & Heathcliff His love for Catherine drove him evil and yet that fierce undying love that is still holding on even after she has died *sighs*
Romeo & Juliet: Classic love story of star crossed lovers doomed from the beginning. A love that couldn't be stopped even by death
Persuasion: Cpt. Wentworth & Anne: I was rooting for them to get back together through out the novel & when he writes the letter to her professing that he is still in love with her....I love it!
Twilight: Edward & Bella hott Vampire love, you cant go wrong lol
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As do I....and above Jane Eyre...and W..."
Ugh!!! I know!! its pathetic!

I agree with you. The classics are much better and I think it is an joke modern day books.


It's not "Withering Heights", it's "Wuthering Heights".
And, please don't make any more generalisations -- which are nonsense.

And I waste my time to tell the world I hate Twilight because I can voice my opinions, just like you said (:
Sorry if my English is not good, I'm from Argentina.

And, just because Twilight is extremely popular right now, thanks to the entertainment industry, it does not mean that people'll remember it, bother reading and discussing it with their friends after 50 years. Will it survive that long, anyway?
Yet, true literary classics, such as; Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre will probably be read by our grandchildren. I claim that, because they survived, and will survive by the help of mature readers -- who have a higher taste in art.

Indeed it has Vicki, indeed it has..."
"Sigh"..

Pride and Prejudice is about the silli..."
Mark Twain? That man disliked a LOT of things mate, it's not even funny.
Mark Twain did? I am curious, what else did he dislike?
I always found him to be very entertaining.
I always found him to be very entertaining.
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If I delete my account again I may vote again for the first time.


The most obvious love interest of "The Little Prince" is the rose he has left behind on his planet (and whose lie had made him run away in search of other worlds to cure his sadness in the first place). Arguably, also the Little Prince's relationship with the fox embodies love (albeit the love contained in friendship, not romantic love); in any event, it is the fox who teaches the Little Prince the meaning and special importance of both love AND friendship ...

However, if we're talking about an emotional, not intellectual, response, which as we can see by the comments is something completely subjective, then I would personally have to say that Twilight should be on the list.
Another thing to consider is that novels like Wuthering Heights or plays like Romeo & Juliet are products of a different time. For those of you trashing Twilight as a blight to literature, would it surprise you to learn that Wuthering Heights did not receive rave reviews when it was first published? In fact The Graham's Lady Magazine critique stated "How a human being could have attempted such a book as the present without committing suicide before he had finished a dozen chapters, is a mystery. It is a compound of vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors."
So, perhaps let's leave Twilight's contribution or lack thereof until a broader perspective can be gained.
Or let's just enjoy the fact that this is a list about people's opinions on The Best Love Stories and not a list entitled The Most Significant Works in Literature. Side note, why is The Great Gatsby on here? Love story? Bah.
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