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Some of the world’s greatest love stories are just that – stories. This Valentine’s Day why not rediscover those epic romances which have withstood the test of time and captured the hearts of millions.
Here are our top literary couples:
Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
You simply can’t beat them. They are the most famous couple of all time.
While tragic as a tale set between two feuding families, it is the fact that they risk everything for their love that makes this masterpiece so beautiful.
There is never a question of how much they love each other, as they meet their untimely death as teens, neither wanting to live without the other.
Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet - Pride and Prejudice
No literary lovers list is complete without Elizabeth and Mr Darcy.
Not all love stories begin with love at first sight. Despite a dislike between the pair, they are continually drawn together.
Jamie and Claire - Outlander
Handsome, tall, chivalrous and wears a kilt – what more could a woman want in an 18th century Scottish Highlander? Jamie has kept many ladies awake at night dreaming of being his ‘Sassenach’ with his love for Claire making hearts swoon.
Ron and Hermione - Harry Potter
Sigh. This pair couldn’t have waited longer to declare their feelings.
Their love was first seen in the Chamber of Secrets and was finally truly acknowledged in The Deathly Hallows as they hunted down horcruxes in the hope of destroying He Who Must Not Be Named.
While there is plenty of conjecture among fans that Hermione should have ended up with Harry, this couple truly was destined to be together from the beginning. There is no way anyone else could ever understand them like each other.
Noah and Allie - The Notebook
While the movie featuring Ryan Gosling caught plenty of attention, Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook was written in 1996. It might be bold in saying, but Noah and Allie could give Romeo and Juliet a run for their money.
Hazel and Augustus - The Fault in Our Stars
Tears will be shed as love between Hazel and Gus grows; partly because of its simple perfection, as well as the knowledge that while cancer and illness takes it toll on our bodies, love is the one that that cannot weaken us and infinity is more than just a number.
Their love will leave you searching for your own person to share the simple word ‘Okay’.
Scarlett and Rhett - Gone with the Wind
Love. Hate. You can’t have one without the othe. Let Scarlett and Rhett show you one of the powerful truths about love – find someone who accepts you for you, faults and all.
Catherine and Heathcliff - Wuthering Heights
These soul mates seem destined to be together from the beginning. But love doesn’t not always end in happiness. A jealously and miscommunication creeps in, it becomes a tragic story of lost love, but love nonetheless.
Tatiana and Alexander – The Bronze Horseman
“You know that don’t you?, Alexander whispers. I love you. I’m blind for you, wild for you. I’m sick with you. I told you that our first night together when I asked you to marry me, I’m telling you now. Everything that’s happened to us, everything is because I crossed the street for you.”
Swooning yet? You should be. The the first moment they see each other on the Leningrad park bench in 1941, the attraction between Tatiana and her Red Army officer, Alexander, is electric.
Brought together, but also torn apart by war, this couple literally suffer through everything in order to be together.