Portal:Romance
[Romance fiction] is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending.
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Works
[edit]- Daphnis and Chloe, 2nd century by Longus
- Thornley translation (1657)
- Vizetelly translation (1890)
- Athenian Society Translation (1896)
- Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, 1740 by Samuel Richardson
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 1749 by Henry Fielding
- The Fair Magelone, 1797 by Ludwig Tieck
- The Young Man's Love, 1796 by Ludwig Tieck
- Pride and Prejudice, 1813 by Jane Austen
- Jane Eyre, 1847 by Charlotte Brontë
- Jacquetta, 1886 short story by Sabine Baring-Gould
- The Lady with the Dog, 1917 short story by Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett
- The Sheik, 1919 by Edith Maude Hull
- The Black Moth 1921 by Georgette Heyer
- Shadow of the East, 1921 by Edith Maude Hull
- A Proposal to Cicely, 1922 short story by Georgette Heyer
Cross-genre works
[edit]Horror
[edit]- The Night Land, 1912 novel by William Hope Hodgson
- Clarimonde, 1836 short story by Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier, translated by Lafcadio Hearn
Lyrics
[edit]- Greensleeves, traditional English folk song
- Nellie Dean, 1905 by Henry W. Armstrong
Plays
[edit]- The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, 1623 by William Shakespeare
- "Romeo and Juliet," in Tales from Shakspeare, 1809 by Charles Lamb
- "Romeo and Juliet," in Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, The Illustrated Shakespeare edition, Vol. III: Tragedies, 1847 edited by Gulian C. Verplanck