Love stories in fiction (books)

[Anonymous]

PP on Jane Eyre. I second One Day in December. During pandemic read a lot of basic escapism and this is one of the few that stuck with me.

Also, The Music Shop.

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Anonymous wrote:Wuthering Heights

I actually always loved Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Bronte, sister of Wuthering Heights author Emily Bronte) much more. It’s not a passionate love at first sight, and has really unlikely and different heroine/hero types but much more substance if you stick with it. Maybe because I read this around age 11-12 because my mom always watched the old Jane Eyre movie with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, and I didn’t get to Wuthering Heights till around 15.

It can read slow but the payoff is worth it. Disclaimer and (small and vague) spoiler: for several years I skipped the chapters about her teaching till I got back to the movie storyline; same with Gone With the Wind.

Definitely have your kids read it and tell them that it describes real love perfectly and that even if their boyfriend keeps his secret wife locked up they should forgive him.

These are recommendations for OP to feel a twinge. An ache for people who are so in love it’s unbearable.
They’re not recommendations for kids, or role modeling healthy relationships. Those are boring. I guess they can watch Tom hanks and his wife or something.

[Anonymous]

I like M.M. Kaye's novels. The Far Pavilions, Trade Wind, Shadow of the Moon. They're sweeping stories.

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Love and Other Words

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So probably different than what you mean by love story, but Crying in H Mart is a love letter from a daughter to her dying mother. It will move you for sure and is its own kind of love story.

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Anna Karenina

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Anonymous wrote:Wuthering Heights

Sure, if you're looking for psycho codependence and obsession.

If you want something less crazy, check out Pride and Prejudice.

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Possession by AS Byatt

The Fire’s Stone by Tanya Huff

A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer

Chalice by Robin McKinley

Persuasion by Jane Austen

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Anonymous wrote:Possession by AS Byatt

The Fire’s Stone by Tanya Huff

A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer

Chalice by Robin McKinley

Persuasion by Jane Austen

This is my all-time favorite. May be time to reread.

[Anonymous]

Pride and Prejudice!!! My all time favorite love story! Mr. Darcy - swoon! (Colin Firth)