Unfortunately, not everything and always depends on our desires. That is why love does not always bring happiness to people, very often a person experiences unrequited feelings, bringing only pain and disappointment. Love can turn into a real curse, as it pushes us at times silly and rash acts. In order to avoid such mistakes and preserve your happiness, it is better to learn from books than from your own hard experience. This list contains the best works telling us about complex love, its ordeals and obstacles.
Margaret Mitchell "Gone With the Wind"
“I will think about it tomorrow, because tomorrow will be another day” - a cult phrase that has become a life credo for many women and young girls. It is impossible to fully appreciate the popularity of this love affair, since it has been translated into 40 languages, has received a number of awards and honors, world fame and universal recognition.
Roman Margaret Mitchell is a desktop encyclopedia that will always give good advice and answer all questions of interest to the girl.The book will tell how to repel a husband or seduce the man of your dreams, how to make a beautiful dress out of ordinary curtains and so on. The experience of the main character proves that anything is possible in this life, the main thing is to always remain a lady.
Colin McCullough "The Singing in Ternovnik"
This work is not a simple love affair, but a real textbook about high feeling. This book can be re-read endlessly, and each time it will make you feel all emotions, as if for the first time. Australian writer raises the heavy question of her time - what to choose, love or service to God?
This long and exciting love story between holy father Ralph and Maggie is intriguing from the front pages to the very end. The total amount of the love novel is about 700 pages, however, you should not be afraid, as the book is read in one breath, keeping an intrigue about whether there will be a happy ending to the story.
Cecilia Ahern "P.S. I love you"
This work is considered not just a classic of romance novels, but also the most sentimental book of the 21st century. For the author, this novel was the debut, but extremely successful, because now it can be used as a shock therapy when it seems that it cannot be worse. Already after the first few pages the book will make its reader cry, while the tears will not disappear until the last lines of the work.
Francoise Sagan "Hello, sadness"
In the middle of the last century, a novel by an unknown writer created a lot of noise and there are quite understandable reasons for this. The fact is that at that time, Francoise Sagan was only 19 years old, so the book is not filled with life experience. In this regard, critics raised a loud noise, because the main character is a spoiled girl, accustomed to being in the center of attention. Cecil’s reckless behavior will be cause for death, which proves that selfishness cannot control a person.
Shoderlo de Laclos "Dangerous Liaisons"
Another vicious and frank novel in its content, which caused great criticism and condemnation. At the same time, the book has become a true masterpiece and classic of romance novels. The author assures that the correspondence that can be found on the pages of the book is genuine and yielded only a small proof-reading. You can worry about a naive girl and a deceived main character not only in the pages of the book, but also while watching a feature film. In general, the novel turned out so interesting that it received as many as seven screen versions at different times.
Charlotte Bronte "Jane Eyre"
The author's novel is beautiful and unique, because its reading is possible at any age. You can read a book, both a young girl and an adult woman, since you can always find a lot of useful information on her pages, answers to the main questions. Young girls work will teach prudence, but in more mature women inspire faith in sincere and strong love.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald "The Night is Tender"
As you know, the novel of the writer who lived in the era of jazz, in many details is autobiographical. At one moment, the writer's wife had a clouding of her mind, and therefore she began to suffer from schizophrenia. It is worth noting that in this book there is no place for joy, because it is based on the author’s personal tragedy. There is no place for luxury and fun, and the novel itself is filled with sadness and pain, which is why American readers did not approve this book.
Frederic Begbeder "Love lives three years"
Unusual book, forcing to read it from the first page to the last line. The protagonist of the work is convinced that such a bright feeling as love can live for only three years. At the same time, it doesn’t matter how a relationship develops, no matter what passion is between a man and a woman, all this is replaced by habit and friendship, and high feelings gradually fade away.
As a result, it comes to when one glance at a once beloved person causes disgust and a rupture occurs. After that, everything is cyclical - love and passion, friendship and affection, disgust and rupture of relationships.The hero himself is in love with a beautiful girl, but with horror he realizes that after three years this may change and love will end at midnight. Or not?
Erich Maria Remarque "Three Comrades"
The book describes the post-war time, the place of events - Germany. This work is considered a classic for world love novels; however, the book has earned special respect from those who cannot tolerate ordinary love stories. Perhaps the reasons are hidden in that the author is as truthful as possible, there is no place for illusions and fantasies, but the reader of the work cannot re-evaluate the values.
A.L. James "50 shades of gray"
A scandalous erotic novel that blew up modern literature. Probably, now it will not be possible to find a teenager girl who has not read this novel and its continuation. It is worth noting that the book turned out to be innovative and ambiguous, since it has repeatedly succumbed to harsh criticism from experts. Nevertheless, the novel was a success, and his film adaptation gathered a huge audience around him. Now the book has been translated into more than 30 languages, and over 40 million copies of this erotic novel have been sold.
