Books that we take with us on the road, with which we fall asleep and about which we think, are our teachers and comrades indispensable. Writing a universal list of "necessary reading" is not possible. The best romance novels are not studied as part of the school curriculum. Although, no doubt, among these can be called and "Anna Karenina", and "Eugene Onegin." However, most often the teenager’s fragile and immature soul for complex feelings rejects everything that is imposed by school officialdom.
The best romance novels are not cheap "pulp fiction" either.
Rather, it is worth turning to the
classics of world literature, because the theme of passion and tenderness has always been the leading and most important one. An all-consuming feeling, sweeping any obstacles in its path, able to withstand and survive for many years - this is what delights readers of all eras and generations. The classic best romance novels are both Jane Eyre by S. Bronte and Gone With the Wind by M. Mitchell. For many, the prose of
Georges Sand, Alfred de Musset, Guy de Maupassant,
Andre Morois, Simone de Beauvoir, Francoise Sagan became examples of genuine literature of strong feelings. However, the best authors of romance novels are not only the French and English. Among the most beautiful books about this feeling, many call the “Masters and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov and “Doctor Zhivago” Boris Pasternak.
And for a generation of young readers, the best romance novels are represented by Latin American literature. Mario Vargas Llosa,
Gabriel Marquez, Julio Cortazar ... "One Hundred Years of Solitude" or "Love during the Plague", "Playing the Classics" - wonderful books that in their own way brightly and strongly paint before us the depth of feelings. For some, the TOP of the best romance novels will include historical or sentimental "female prose" (D. Devero, D. Maknot, J. Benzoni, N. Sparks), for others - the works of such controversial authors as Henry Miller with his Tropic of Cancer or John Fowles ("French Lieutenant's Mistress"). It is worth mentioning and Remarque, and Fitzgerald, and Steinbeck ... Among the authors of unforgettable books include
Richard Bach, and David Lawrence ("Lady Chatterley's Lover"), and Eric Seagal.
Outstanding films or great series have been shot in many works.
According to the classical canons of the genre, loving hearts cannot connect for one reason or another, because of the evil will of rock or because of internal torment. However, literary skill is to make readers empathize with the heroes so that the scenes of the meetings are shocking and memorable. Remember the yellow flowers that Margarita carried on the day she met the Master? It is these details that create a very special climate and mood. War and Peace is not for everyone a book about love, but here, for example, Kuprin’s “Garnet Bracelet” or Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” are, of course, devoted only to this all-consuming feeling that subjugates the whole person. And it doesn’t matter if the work was written two hundred years ago or reflects the realities of our time (like at least the creation of the Polish author J. Vishnevsky “Loneliness in the Network”), whether the characters communicate in letters or chat, whether they fly by air or go a long way in the stagecoach or on horseback - the power of emotions is important. It is they who govern all actions and thoughts.