2007-01-07 18:47:02 · 18 answers · asked by Free Ranger 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
GG, you didn't even spell his name right. Please save the stock answers. Tell me why.
2007-01-07 18:51:03 · update #1
I actually have a friend that makes a case for Shakespeare having written "Romeo and Juliet" as a farce of similar love stories.
But my vote goes to the story of Beren and Luthien from J.R.R. Tolkien's "the Silmarillion". But I'm a nerd, so...
2007-01-07 18:59:24 · answer #1 · answered by Hopeless_Romantic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with Romeo and Juliet. It's such a powerful story. Most people would love to run away with the person their family labeled as forbidden. I know I did. It was so amazing how even know in today's world people can relate to how the two felt and why they did what they did. I believe that it is the best of all time because it shows that people will do anything for true love.
2007-01-07 18:51:24 · answer #2 · answered by The T Cozy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be going with 'Pride and Prejudice' just because it's quoted so often in little things. I think the stories really true to life personally (taking out the etiquette of things at the time), you know realising the person you love is not the person you would think that you'd love.
However, in film terms, I like Love Actually. So many stories and all have relevance to someone.
2007-01-07 18:53:13 · answer #3 · answered by purplebuggy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely Pride and Prejudice. It's not only a great love story but it includes outrageous characters that we can laugh at along the way as Elizabeth and Darcy set aside their prejudices and fall in love.
2007-01-08 03:40:44 · answer #4 · answered by loofahcat2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to pick one Jane Austen book. Can't decide between Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility though. Both are great stories.
2007-01-08 05:45:34 · answer #5 · answered by Kristie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miss Wyoming by Douglas Coupland.
Pride and Prejudice is right up there, but I have to agree with the death thing making R&J kinda sucky.
2007-01-07 23:24:10 · answer #6 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
I would say Gone With the Wind, but it doesn't end happy, so that kinda ruins it.
2007-01-08 02:12:00 · answer #7 · answered by GeekGirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say that Thomas Hardy's, Tess D'Urberville and Angel Clair (his novel "Tess of the D'Urbervilles") have my vote for favorite fictional romance. Like all great literary romances, the tragedy amplifies the intensity of love. Not to mention the almost supernatural purity of Tess and her ability to suffer for what she loves.
2007-01-07 19:01:19 · answer #8 · answered by RB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Gone With the Wind", because it doesn't stick to the 'love at first sight' cliche so typical of the romance genre. Scarlett has to learn what love is NOT before she discovers what it really IS.
2007-01-07 18:56:26 · answer #9 · answered by A B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Persuasions. He waits for her a long time. When they finally get together you can hardly breath. Sense and Sensibility is a close second.
2007-01-07 19:18:12 · answer #10 · answered by kenslydale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋