Starting to Feel Like Myself Again Hallefuckinglujiah
The 5 well-nigh abrasive literary romances
1. Charlotte Lucas and Mr. Collins from Jane Austen'southward Pride and Prejudice
The merely thing more than insufferable than Mr. Collins is a woman who willingly shackles herself to him for life. Even though I've read this book countless times, I withal cringe every fourth dimension Elizabeth stays with the pair and sees their married life firsthand. Cipher Stephen King ever wrote could exist equally horrific.
2. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
While I love Shakespeare, I've always detested this pair of impetuous, hot-blooded lovers. Not only do I find the whole dear-at-showtime-sight thing bothersome, their ridiculous inability to think any situation through calmly and rationally (not to mention that Romeo marries Juliet before the corpse of his love for Rosalind is fifty-fifty decently cold) is tedious.
three. Heathcliff and Cathy Earnshaw from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
I hated this book then much I could barely forcefulness myself to terminate it. I've never understood why readers consider Heathcliff and Cathy's relationship to exist and then romantic; dysfunctional and destructive seems closer to the marking to me. And who needs enemies when y'all tin can count on your supposed devoted lover to do his all-time to destroy the life of your only child?
4. Tess and Angel Clare from Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Maybe it'southward the overwhelming melodrama of the story or maybe it's the bare-faced double standard Affections exercises when it comes to Tess; either way, I've e'er institute their quasi-relationship practically unreadable. Incidentally, I'm non the only one: if you've been reading Hardy and need something to launder away the melodrama, cast an heart on Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm. Ms. Gibbons wrote Common cold Comfort Farm subsequently reading a few too many Hardy-esque novels; her tolerance snapped and she penned this hilarious spoof equally a critique of melodramatic characters, plots, and literary devices.
five. Max de Winter and The 2nd Mrs. de Winter from Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca
I enjoyed this book immensely; nevertheless, is it only me, or does it seem like Max de Winter married his lilliputian unnamed school-girl only considering she was the complete reverse of Rebecca? I don't know a lot about these things, but that can't be a healthy foundation for a wedlock. The worst part is when, after she finds out about his skeleton in the closet (or gunkhole, as it were), he mourns that she doesn't have "that lost expect that I loved." If I were her, I would accept taken that comment equally a serious insult.
Let's wash these dysfunctional lovers out of our brains now with the Literary Lover'southward Hall of Fame:
The five about romantic literary romances
ane. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
There'south a reason why Pride and Prejudice is a universally love volume: it features one of the most compelling and romantic couples in all of literature. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are conceivable because they are presented, not exclusively as lovers, but as fallible human beings that, when confronted with each other, learn nigh themselves in the process of learning about each other.
two. Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
For about 10 years, Jane Eyre was my absolute favorite book. It non only featured the first English novel heroine that wasn't beautiful, but a manifestly little beast that ended up getting everything she wanted on her terms -- atta daughter! Jane Eyre contains some of the most delightfully romantic scenes in all of literature. My favorite is the one in which Mr. Rochester pretends to be a fortune-telling gypsy in lodge to detect out what Jane thinks about him. I'm no romance fan, but that scene makes me all giggly.
iii. Beatrice and Benedick from William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Zip
Shakespeare may have annoyed me to death with Romeo and Juliet, but he knocked information technology out of the ballpark with this pair. Beatrice and Benedick are the sassiest, liveliest pair in literature, both just as willing to express joy at themselves as at someone else. If you haven't notwithstanding seen it, Kenneth Branaugh's picture show adaptation of Much Ado Well-nigh Zip, starring himself and Emma Thompson as Benedick and Beatrice, is a gem.
four. Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
Every bit soon as it was revealed in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that Ron's little sis Ginny had a beat out on The Boy Who Lived, I knew it was only a thing of fourth dimension before the inevitable occured, regardless of the Cho Changs and Luna Lovegoods that might seem to get in the fashion. Ane of the biggest joys of the series for me was watching and waiting for Harry to finally come to his senses. That scene in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince when he and Ginny showtime kiss is one of my favorites out of all seven books.
five. Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane from Dorothy 50. Sayer's Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series
Earlier my heart was stolen by Martha Grimes' creation, Melrose Plant, Lord Peter Wimsey was my ideal homo, and his relentless pursuit of the intelligent but non exceptionally beautiful Harriet Vane seemed the summit of perfection to me. Lord Peter Wimsey meets Harriet in Strong Poison and pursues her through several books until their marriage at the commencement of Busman's Honeymoon. It'south a pity that Busman's Honeymoon is such an fearfully bad book (actually, the worst book Dorothy Sayers ever wrote, in my opinion). The residue, however, are pure magic.
A annotation to Twlight haters and Twilight lovers alike on why Edward Cullen and Bella Swan aren't on either list:
While I didn't hate Edward and Bella, I didn't think they merited "most romantic" status either. I find that the love-at-first-sight matter, as well as the yous-are-my-only-dear-thing-but-Jacob's-p
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This listing - FTW except maybe Romeo and Juliet.
Sorry, I couldn't get more than pics for the other couples!
That'southward all, have a dandy Valentine's day.. or like me, a great sabbatum!
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