The 7 Greatest Love Stories Of All Time

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1. Emily Brontë, author of "Wuthering Heights"

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2. Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina"

[{"selector":"#anim-1095cb6c-1570-40bb-a4ae-79ba2f367bc5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.9999999791413785%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] First published in 1878, this novel by Leo Tolstoy is a literary soap opera and is often recommended by renowned authors.

3. William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"

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4. Murray Burnett "Casablanca"

[{"selector":"#anim-050c8f04-a8f3-460e-9596-e1020cd5c312 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.7350224506647542%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] A never-produced play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, "Everybody Comes to Rick's," inspired this 1942 love story starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman

5. Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

[{"selector":"#anim-da63c90a-16d1-485d-a917-33f46b409049 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(1.839953261348871%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Shakespeare's 1605 romantic comedy takes place in Athens when Duke Theseus arranges a large wedding festival. Theseus' daughter Hermia refuses to marry her fiancé because she has a hidden lover, Lysander.

6. Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago"

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7. Jane Austen "Sense and Sensibility" In 1811, Jane Austen's classic was published anonymously as "by a lady."

[{"selector":"#anim-b58cea8e-df11-40a2-854d-1ca587e53395 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(6.24999997392673%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] This romance centers on Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. After their father dies, they lose their estate and become poor. After moving in with a distant relative, the sisters experience grief and romance.