How do you pick the best, though for Love mood?
Of course, it's impossible,
but that hasn't deterred us from attempting it. So, without further ado, sit
back and relax while we take you through our list of the greatest love stories
ever told.
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| couple in love, lovely couple. |
💜“Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare”
Okay, so it's a little worn out these days. But that doesn't take away from Shakespeare's devastating tale's ability to teach us everything we need to know about human needs. Sitting in front of the star-crossed heroes at the play's conclusion, their arms locked in a deathly hug, you can clearly see that real love is uncontrollable.
Then brush your tears away and go about your business, knowing that nothing will ever be the same. No other love story comes close to Romeo and Juliet, no matter how clichéd it is to designate them as our winners.
💜“Anna Karenina, Leo
Tolstoy”
Tolstoy's story, set against the panoramic backdrop of 19th-century Russia, works on multiple levels. The adulterous relationship between the title character and the handsome Count Vronsky is at the center of the story. That doesn't end well, with Anna flinging herself in front of a train and her suicidal lover fleeing to battle the Turks on a suicide mission.
However, for those who want their love stories to be less tragic, there is a parallel romance: Kitty, Anna's sister-in-law eventually falls in love and marries the charming Levin, who embarks on a path of self-discovery that many critics believe is Tolstoy's true motivation for writing Anna Karenina. For sheer ambition alone, it's deserving of second place.
💜“Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte”
Have you ever observed the connection between love and pain? Emily Bronte, whose one and only novel is an extraordinary gem, understood this better than anybody else. Heathcliff is smitten with Cathy, and Cathy is smitten with Heathcliff.
Class snobbery comes in the way of their devotion, as it does in all excellent Victorian tales. To shorten a long story short, almost every character in the novel is bitter, twisted, and devastated by the conclusion. But love never dies, and it is what makes this a compelling story.
💜“Pride and
Prejudice, Jane Austen”
Jane Austen's deceptively humorous tale of Georgian manners is a masterwork in social critique when it comes to elitism. A good old-fashioned love tale – or a couple of them, to be accurate – is at its core.
The most striking is between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, whose relationship follows the now-standard pattern of initial coldness, mutual attraction, a big misunderstanding that leads to more coldness, and eventual happily-ever-after union. Pride and Prejudice is too full of tropes to win, but it still deserves a spot in our top five.
💜“The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough”
Colleen McCullough's epic narrative of ambitious Roman Catholic Priest Ralph's forbidden love for one of his parishioners, Maggie, is unlike any other. One of the most spine-tingling moments in literature occurs when the two finally kiss.
Unfortunately, there is no happy ending,
demonstrating that love stories do not always go as planned. The Thorn Birds is
distinguished by its readability, wide-scale, and dramatic Antipodean location,
and is worthy of its place on our list for this reason alone.
