Whether you are celebrating Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day or just simply enjoy a classic novel, we have put together a list of ten classic love stories that you can access as e-books through the Library.
Reading is a great way to escape and improve your mood so make a cup of tea, settle down on the sofa and take your pick of one of our recommended romance novels.
This novel explores the themes of love, secrecy and deceit. Jane arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she is hired by the proud Edward Rochester to care for his ward Adèle and finds herself drawn to his kind yet troubled spirit. But there is a terrifying secret inside the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall. Will Jane be left heartbroken?
If your experience of Jane Austen’s novels is limited to adaptations on film and television, this is a good moment to explore the original books. Witty, compassionate, and completely absorbing, Emma tells the story of a series of romantic misunderstandings, all satisfactorily resolved in the novel’s buoyant conclusion. Along the way, Austen gives an unforgettable picture of society in early-nineteenth century England.
A classic story of young, forbidden love that unravels into tragedy. A young boy and girl meet by chance and instantly fall in love but their future is far from a fairy tale. Their families are bitter enemies and in order to be together, the two lovers must risk everything.
The novel’s heroine, orphaned and working as a lady's maid, can hardly believe her luck when she is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter. It is only when they arrive at his country estate that she realizes how large a lingering shadow his late wife will cast over their lives together.
Living in the Golden Age of Old New York, Newland Archer prepares to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland. However, controversy arises when the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York and Archer falls deeply in love with her. Torn between duty and passion, will Archer follow his head or his heart?
Pride and Prejudice has been one of the most popular novels in the English language since it was published in 1813. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child”. The intriguing romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy is a thrilling read and Jane Austen's wit radiates through the characters to make this a classic must-read.
First published in French as a serial in 1909, but more famously known as one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s many musicals, this novel stars the young Christine Daaé who is raised in the Paris Opera House after the death of her famous musician father. After a while she begins to hear a voice, who teaches her how to sing beautifully but when Christine's childhood friend Raoul visits the opera house, Christine’s mysterious invisible teacher, the deformed 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, grows jealous of their relationship and his love only spells one thing - disaster.
This novel follows the romance between Heathcliff, an orphan raised by Mr Earnshaw and Cathy, Mr Earnshaw’s daughter. Heathcliff falls deeply in love with Cathy, but their marriage cannot be and yet, their love still will not die.
Anna Karenina and Count Alexey Vronsky meet and fall in love, though they are both committed to other people. Leo Tolstoy's novel of adultery and social politics reveals the changing Russian culture of the 1870s.
Anne Elliot is the heroine of Jane Austen’s last fully completed novel, published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. After she breaks off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, Anne feels a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth rekindle their love?
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