I thought I'd turn UKTV's list of the 20 greatest love stories(via Book Chase) into a fun meme. Despite being completely cynical about real-life relationships, I am a huge sucker for a good, literary romance. It just so happens that I watched Persuasion, for the umpteenth time, just yesterday, and saw much of Sense and Sensibility (also viewed many times before) a couple of days ago. Give me some bonnets and breeches and I'm happy.
Please feel free to join in, and add your own favourite romances.
Legend:
I've read it
I want to read it
I've seen the movie*
I have it on DVD
I want to marry the leading man/lady!
The list:
1 Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, 1847
2 Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813
3 Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, 1597
4 Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, 1847
5 Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell, 1936*
6 The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje, 1992*
7 Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier, 1938
8 Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak, 1957*
9 Lady Chatterley's Lover, DH Lawrence, 1928*
10 Far from The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy, 1874*
11 = My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner, 1956*
The African Queen, CS Forester, 1935
13 The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald, 1925
14 Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen, 1811
15 = The Way We Were, Arthur Laurents, 1972*
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy, 1865
17 Frenchman's Creek, Daphne du Maurier, 1942
18 Persuasion, Jane Austen, 1818
19 Take a Girl Like You, Kingsley Amis, 1960
20 Daniel Deronda, George Eliot, 1876
Addition:
Maurice, E.M. Forester, 1971 (posth.)
