Egyptians celebrate Love Day on November 4 every year, calling it the local Valentine’s Day. On, February 14, people all over the world celebrate the Valentine’s Day to express love to their sweethearts, spouses and special ones.
In this article, we will put in your hands the most popular love novels; old and new books.
1- Pride and Prejudice
One of the most beloved love stories all the time is Jane Austen’s masterpiece Pride and Prejudice.
When Elizabeth Bennet comes of a suitable age she has her own ideals of love, marriage, manners and relationships which clash with 19th century English society.
Since its first edition was published in 1813, selling over 120 million copies and having numerous adaptations and imitations, Pride and Prejudice has remained the number one love story throughout the history.
Jane Austen called this brilliant work “her own darling child” and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, “as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print.”
2- Me Before You
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.
In the first of the beloved Me Before You trilogy, after desperately taking on a new job, Louisa Clark falls in love with her boss.
The story was made into a 2016 movie, starring Sam Claflin and Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke.
3- The Notebook
The story was written by Nicholas Sparks. It took six months to write the novel which was published for the first time in 1996.
A poor yet passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman, giving her a sense of freedom, but they are soon separated because of their social differences.
The story was made into a movie in 2004, staring James Garner and Gena Rowlands.
4- Romeo and Juliet
A tragedy written by William Shakespeare makes us watch carefully how a love story survives in a war time.
It’s believed that it was written between 1591 and 1595. The play has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical, and opera venues.
-Romeo:
“If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.”
-Juliet:
“Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.”
—Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V.
5- Sense and Sensibility
Again, Jane Austen is the all the time romance author. She published it in 1811. The satirical, comic work offers a vivid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood.
It later was adapted for film, stage, and television.
Among the most notable adaptations is the 1995 movie, which was directed by Ang Lee and starred Emma Thompson (Elinor), who won an Academy Award for her adapted screenplay; Kate Winslet (Marianne); Hugh Grant (Edward Ferrars); and Alan Rickman (Colonel Brandon).
