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What are the best and comfiest romance books? Searching online I get a lot of uninteresting mom-tier garbage, share your hidden gems.

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>> No.15950692

Steppenwolf

>> No.15952008

>>15950644
>Die Leiden des jungen Werther
>The Journey to the End of the Night

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Children of Hurin
>the patrician's romance

>> No.15952091

Tess D'Urberville. Its set in rural England on the edges of victorian industrialisation, and the description of simple life in it is as comfy as the romance described in it endearing

>> No.15953496

Sons and Lovers

>> No.15953522

The least hidden gem you can think of, but Anna Karenina. The way vastly different romances are shown and contrasted works so well.

The opening paragraph also succinctly explains why happy romance novels are boring

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>>15950644
Not a "comfy" romance novel, but Possession: A Romance by A.S Byatt is a fantastic read with numerous allusions and references to Victorian literature. Here's a small synopsis from Wikipedia:

"The novel follows two modern-day academics as they research the paper trail around the previously unknown love life between famous fictional poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte. Possession is set both in the present day and the Victorian era, contrasting the two time periods, as well as echoing similarities and satirising modern academia and mating rituals. The structure of the novel incorporates many different styles, including fictional diary entries, letters and poetry, and uses these styles and other devices to explore the postmodern concerns of the authority of textual narratives. The title Possession highlights many of the major themes in the novel: questions of ownership and independence between lovers; the practice of collecting historically significant cultural artefacts; and the possession that biographers feel toward their subjects."

>> No.15954557

>>15950644
Not comfy but Tender is the night.

>> No.15954566

>>15950644
He mogs her to oblivion

>> No.15954615

>>15950644
Read Torrents of Spring by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev.

>> No.15954622

Le grand meaulnes

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>>15950644
Pic was unironically 10/10 and I don't even like romance books, I only read it because guy is a fascist and pewdiepie said it was pretty good.

>> No.15954652

>>15950644
The Count of Monte Cristo

>> No.15955171

Modern "serious" novelists seem to find it really difficult to finish a book with a man and woman alive and together and not miserable. This is a bit worrying. A society whose artists can't tell Boy Meets Girl is in big trouble.

You have to go for older or "lighter" stuff.

Older
>Pride & Prejudice
>Jane Eyre
>David Copperfield
>etc

Lighter
>Rebecca (Du Maurier)
>The Moonstone (Collins)
>The Far Pavillions (Kaye)
>The White Company (Conan Doyle)
>etc

>> No.15955210

>>15950644
Daphnis and Chloe by Longus