Favorite Literary Love Stories

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In honor of Valentine's Day 2014, the rest of the staff and I got together and compiled a list of our favorite love stories from literature. Feel free to add yours!
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rarm, starfishian, varielle, AnnaClaire, rainpebble, uath, iggyjreilly, seasonsoflove, madeleine71, sturlington, perennialreader, thecoroner, Tess_W, redheadish, ahef1963, Diane-bpcb, Clarityz, lorannen, Fjola, dkarenart, ,aulsmith ,amanda4242
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: Great book, but doesn't belong on the list of great love stories.
sturlington: Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester are one of the great literary couples, who establish a marriage based on mutual respect and equality. "Reader, I married him."
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5,431 leden
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hailelib, casvelyn, Tafadhali, varielle, aulsmith, cbl_tn, merrystar, sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, jen.e.moore
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sturlington: A proposal in Latin. It doesn't get much more erudite than that.
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440 besprekingen
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2,710 leden
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147 besprekingen
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Linkmeister, Nerilka, Tafadhali, merrystar, kgodey, Merryann
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Linkmeister: Miles Vorkosigan woos Ekaterin in his own way. The book leans heavily on the form created by Georgette Heyer. It's even DEDICATED to "Jane, Charlotte, Georgette, and Dorothy." A true comedy of manners.
kgodey: I don't think this one would be as good if we didn't have tons of books preceding it where Miles fails to acquire his Lady Vorkosigan (and rightly so). But I can't add the whole series to the list, so this will have to do.
Merryann: This was the first Bujold book I ever read and I found it delightful in so very many ways. The love story was deeply satisfying to me and the humor just right.
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door Ovid
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SigmundFraud, PaperbackPirate, Jamz, linlef
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Jamz: There's been a romantic story that's stuck with me through the years like this one has.
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154 besprekingen
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37,936 leden
522 besprekingen
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sduff222, seasonsoflove, perennialreader, tina1969, ahef1963,
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: If this is a great love story, I'm opting out of relationships for good.
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104 besprekingen
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112 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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243 besprekingen
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thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Fjola, libelulla1,elkiedee
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elkiedee : Excellent novel, but see comments on Rebecca above - the same could be said of a few of the novels here really.
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Nerilka, foggidawn
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SigmundFraud, rarm, seasonsoflove, ahef1963,eowynfaramir
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eowynfaramir : This book is not worth reading. The characters are not believable.
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varielle, amanda4242, thecoroner, ahef1963,aulsmith
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aulsmith : I never really felt he loved her, just that she was convenient.
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door Colette
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uath, Tess_W, TempleCat,
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10,135 leden
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SigmundFraud, alex68, Fjola, libelulla1,elkiedee
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elkiedee : See my comments on Tess and another LT member on Rebecca. Love story?
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anglemark, kgodey
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aulsmith, linlef
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Nerilka, merrystar
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anglemark, ahef1963, Fjola,
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uath, iggyjreilly
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51 besprekingen
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thecoroner, alex68
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263 besprekingen
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uath, iggyjreilly
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