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Love (Part 4 of 'The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everone Should Read') - Page 4

"So, what makes a great love story? Initially, this seemed the easiest of the seven categories . All great novels are essentially about love, aren't they? As it turned out, things weren't so easy. There is often precious little loving going on in these famous love stories and ,with the exceptions of Jane Austen and sometimes Dickens, there are very few guaranteed happy endings. "Reader, I married him" is quite definitely the exception to the rule — unless our poor heroine has married the wrong man, or he is in love with someone else. The contemporary novel, for one, has fallen out of love with love. When our most successful and popular authors choose to write love stories, they look to the past, and you can be sure that in any poll of the nation's favourite novels Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights will be somewhere at the top. So perhaps we haven't become disillusioned with romance itself, just distrustful of its ability to thrive in such a cynical age" (Guardian)
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The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
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The Reluctant Orphan
The Reluctant Orphan
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Love Story
Love Story
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Enemies, a Love Story
Enemies, a Love Story
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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Elizabeth Smart)
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Elizabeth Smart)
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I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
127
The Map of Love
The Map of Love
128
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls
129
Waterland
Waterland
130
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Diary of a Mad Old Man
131
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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Music and Silence
Music and Silence
133
First Love
First Love
134
Breathing Lessons
Breathing Lessons
135
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
136
The Night Watch (Sarah Waters)
The Night Watch (Sarah Waters)
137
The Graduate (Charels Webb)
The Graduate (Charels Webb)
138
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
139
The Passion
The Passion
140
East Lynne
East Lynne
141
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road
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