Great love stories can touch your heart, make you laugh and move you to tears. Regardless if you are with the love of your life or still looking for your soul mate, a great love story pulls on the heartstrings. Here are a few of the most popular love stories of all time, plus a few new ones you may have missed.
'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte is among the oldest of the "heart-wrenching, love can turn a good man evil" tales. Set in 1802 on the Wuthering Heights estate, the story is of timeless love. Heathcliff, the leading man becomes best friends with his adopted sister, Catherine, who, of course is also the love of his life. But, their romance is scuttled by a casual comment.
'Anna Karenina' by Tolstoy is another great love story. It's a soap opera that revolves around the life and love of Anna. Anna is married and a member of Russian aristocracy. She visits her brother in Moscow with the intention of helping him save his marriage, but in the process falls in love with Count Vronsky.
Anna fights her desires only to succumb and leave her husband. But he will not grant her a divorce and she spends her life trying to gain acceptance of her love affair. Ultimately, this proves too much for her.
'Romeo and Juliet' is perhaps the most eternal of tragic love stories and certainly among Shakespeare's most often told tales. It is the story of star-crossed lovers and the ultimate loss of love. The pivotal scene of Juliet on the balcony is the story of love captured in an image. They are meant for each other but cannot be together because of family dynamics beyond their control. Naturally, it does not end well.
Our short list of great love stories are all from the past. It seems only occasionally does a great contemporary love story break through to the bestseller lists. 'Cold Mountain' by Charles Frazier is one of the few. It bares striking similarities to 'Romeo and Juliet' complete with a tragic ending.
A more recent novel, 'Some Glad Morning' by Gary C. Horton is now climbing the bestseller charts and has a similar plot, but with several surprising twists. The lovers are kept apart by social status and the leading man must first establish himself.
Elizabeth is a Charleston lady and Ransom a poor sharecropper. Unlike 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Cold Mountain,' 'Some Glad Morning' turns the tale on its head and ends with a mesmerizing scene that will not be easily forgotten.
'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte is among the oldest of the "heart-wrenching, love can turn a good man evil" tales. Set in 1802 on the Wuthering Heights estate, the story is of timeless love. Heathcliff, the leading man becomes best friends with his adopted sister, Catherine, who, of course is also the love of his life. But, their romance is scuttled by a casual comment.
'Anna Karenina' by Tolstoy is another great love story. It's a soap opera that revolves around the life and love of Anna. Anna is married and a member of Russian aristocracy. She visits her brother in Moscow with the intention of helping him save his marriage, but in the process falls in love with Count Vronsky.
Anna fights her desires only to succumb and leave her husband. But he will not grant her a divorce and she spends her life trying to gain acceptance of her love affair. Ultimately, this proves too much for her.
'Romeo and Juliet' is perhaps the most eternal of tragic love stories and certainly among Shakespeare's most often told tales. It is the story of star-crossed lovers and the ultimate loss of love. The pivotal scene of Juliet on the balcony is the story of love captured in an image. They are meant for each other but cannot be together because of family dynamics beyond their control. Naturally, it does not end well.
Our short list of great love stories are all from the past. It seems only occasionally does a great contemporary love story break through to the bestseller lists. 'Cold Mountain' by Charles Frazier is one of the few. It bares striking similarities to 'Romeo and Juliet' complete with a tragic ending.
A more recent novel, 'Some Glad Morning' by Gary C. Horton is now climbing the bestseller charts and has a similar plot, but with several surprising twists. The lovers are kept apart by social status and the leading man must first establish himself.
Elizabeth is a Charleston lady and Ransom a poor sharecropper. Unlike 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Cold Mountain,' 'Some Glad Morning' turns the tale on its head and ends with a mesmerizing scene that will not be easily forgotten.
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