Classic Romances: 131 books

Romantic tale of love in a small village.

The shocking story of a man denied a divorce from a wife who does not love him -- and his tragic love affair with a clairvoyant woman.

An often-rejected writer meets a young woman who is a painter. Together, they discover the realities around them.

Angela's business, to be plain, is the every-woman's business of securing a husband and home for herself, and Mr. Harrison's business with this reliable theme is to contras the competing values of old and new in this woman business. . . . It follows that "Angela's Business" is an excellently...

A titillating romance and coming of age taking place in Italy and France. There is a good amount of Italian used in the novel, and one learns easily what it means, by context. A very interesting, unforgettable novel.

The rather pompous book cover says: Plashers Mead is an unusual sort of title; but then it belongs to a novel quite out of the ordinary. There is something both striking and delightful in the way this love story is told, although the incidents are trivial enough, and the persons more like ordinary...

A collection of short stories surrounding several little villages, all interconnected. Amusing set of tales, full of suspense, romance, and action.

To make ends meet after her sister's marriage, Mary Ballard takes a lodger, Roger Poole, into the house where she lives with her troubled younger brother, their housekeeper, and her aunt as chaperon. Her friends and relatives disapprove -- they want her to marry a childhood friend and be taken care of, but Mary wants to work and make her own way in the world.

The tale of a man and woman in love...sort of. Her father may or may not be a spy for the Germans, with whom the US would go to war soon, but not yet. They meet, they hate each other, and then, they meet again, under different circumstances. This is a myster, a tale of espionage, and most of all,...

A woman discovers that her fiance had dropped her, and quit writing her letters. But, someone was still sending letters, signing his name. A truly engrossing tale of romance and suspense.

A very telling tale of fortune, misfortune, and inspired love.

A short family saga and romance. "A coming of age little book."

Maria's mother was, however, in the house, seated beside the sitting-room table, on which stood a kerosene lamp with a singularly ugly shade. She was darning stockings. She held the stocking in her left hand, and drew the thread through regularly. Her mouth was tightly closed, which was indicative...

Strangely readable tale of a woman who leaves home because her father remarried, and she, herself, marries--out of spite. Her husband leaves her, and she travels to Australia to find him, as, he had fallen ill. Her adventure and misadventures mount one upon another after that. A very good read. Adventure, romance, and sometimes, satire abound. Recommended.