In many works of world literature, feelings are the main or only theme is love. While romance is most often viewed as a low genre, there are a number of time-tested romance novels. There are many works of dubious literary merits in the broad mass of annually published love novels, but there are also truly high-quality love novels.
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Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos is a masterpiece of 18th century literature, a novel in letters. The sated heroes of the novel, the Marquis de Merteuil and Viscount Valmont, amuse themselves by intriguing and seducing more or less innocent people. There is a strange connection between them: they consider only each other equal to themselves and share the details of their love victories. Everything changes when the Marquis and the Viscount bet on the seduction of another victim, a married woman. The virtue of the seduced turns out to be stronger than the viciousness of the seducer, and the viscount gradually falls in love with her. But leaving in the past your dissolute life and the Marquis de Merteuil is not so easy.
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Jane Austen's novels were a phenomenon in English literature and remain popular to this day. In the era of romanticism, her novels about ordinary girls who did not possess unearthly beauty and outstanding talents stood out against the general background. The love story of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice remains one of the most popular in the world. The novel psychologically accurately describes the development of a young girl's feelings for a man, from dislike to deep love.
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Georgette Heyer is considered one of the founders of the modern love story. The writer gained popularity after she began to write novels about the era of the Regency. Georgette Heyer seriously approached the description of the historical era, studied its life, cultural and social characteristics. The novel The Magnificent Sophie is also set in the era of the Regency. The main character of the novel returns from continental Europe to her native England. She lives with her aunt's family and soon realizes that all members of this family are unhappy. With her characteristic energy, Sophie undertakes to arrange the life of her relatives, despite the fact that they did not ask her about it.
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The title of the novel "Love Story" by Eric Segal speaks for itself. The novel tells the story of two young people from different social backgrounds who fell in love with each other. They will have to make sacrifices for their love, abandon the past. They are ready to overcome all obstacles, but there are circumstances that even the greatest love cannot influence.
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Diana Gabaldon's novel Outlander and its sequels tells the story of a young woman from the 40s of the 20th century who, as a result of mysterious events, finds herself in Scotland in the 18th century. This technique is often used in romance novels, but Gabaldon's novels have features that distinguish them favorably from other similar novels. Gabaldon's style is distinguished by irony, the historical background is described in sufficient detail and accurately, and the heroes stand out from the number of the same type of heroes in romance novels. The book even made it to the BBC's 200 Best Books list, which is a great achievement for a love story.
