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An Italian nobleman falls for a married woman, leading to a tragic affair that ends with their joint suicide.

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The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal

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The female protagonist overcomes scandal and financial ruin to marry her long-time suitor.

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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Two lovers are separated by the woman's jealous husband, leading them to reunite only as the man faces execution.

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The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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A poor young woman falls in love with a rich man, but their relationship suffers from deceit and self-sacrifice before reaching resolution.

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

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A story of forbidden love, political intrigue, and the main character's ultimate sacrifice to save her lover's life.

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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The main characters are torn apart by war and miscommunication, leading to the heroine waiting for her lover who never returns.

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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

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The love between a courtesan and a young bourgeois man is doomed by her illness and societal stigma.

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La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas fils

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A young girl's romantic ideals are challenged, ultimately leading her to marry her tutor in a pragmatic decision.

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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The female protagonist marries her employer only to find out he has a hidden and mad wife in his attic.

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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Despite societal expectations and obligations, the lovers acknowledge their feelings but resolve to maintain their duties and separate forever.

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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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The love between the main characters is overshadowed by class inequality, leading to a future of uncertainty.

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Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

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An epic love story culminates with the lovers' deaths due to a misunderstanding and untimely suicide.

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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

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After believing her lover killed in battle, the heroine learns of his survival and the couple marries.

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Persuasion by Jane Austen

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Love transcends the protagonist's tragic life as she's finally united with her childhood love, though only in death.

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

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Despite their deep love for each other, the main characters must part ways due to the woman's past and the man's forthcoming marriage to another.

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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

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Following an intense love affair, the protagonists are tragically separated, with the heroine dying in childbirth and the hero dying at sea.

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The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles

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In a post-World War I setting, the protagonists' love is rekindled, but the hero's past dishonesty and the heroine's marriage pose insurmountable barriers.

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The protagonists finally get together after overcoming class differences and personal pride.

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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The protagonist, haunted by her affair with a Russian officer, ultimately throws herself in front of a train.

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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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Lovers reunite years after a forceful separation, only to find that much has changed.

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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Two lovers part ways after a short summer affair, but they never forget their time together.

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Summer by Edith Wharton

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The protagonist's obsessive love for a woman above his social standing leads him to ruin and ultimately insanity after her death.

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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A love triangle ends with the hero dying in a duel, leaving the heroine to mourn and the rival to regret.

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The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The protagonist must choose between her passion and societal norms, ultimately committing suicide to escape her circumstances.

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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

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Following the protagonist's quest for her lost love, she reconciles with him, only to choose independence over marriage.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

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A complex love story ends with the death of the independent and headstrong female protagonist who defies societal expectations.

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin

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In this tragic love story, an aristocrat and a courtesan find their relationship hindered by her profession and his pride, eventually leading to her death.

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La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas fils

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The protagonist navigates her feelings for two very different men in a world torn by war and political revolution.

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Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

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An American expatriate and a British nurse's doomed romance during the Spanish Civil War ends with the protagonist's last stand.

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For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

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In this tragic romance, a poor farmer marries a beautiful woman who betrays him leading to a devastating chain of events.

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

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The English patient reveals his tragic love affair in the African desert, as the war draws to a close.

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The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

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A complex exploration of two marriages demonstrates that love in society is doomed by hypocrisy and unfulfilled desires.

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Middlemarch by George Eliot

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The tumultuous love story between a spirited American woman and an English earl ends in reconciliation and a hopeful future.

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The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton

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After a tumultuous affair, the long-suffering heroine finds love and security in an unexpected marriage with a childhood friend.

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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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A love story fraught with misfortunes ends with the man's realization that he has lost the woman to her death and to the river that symbolizes life's continuity.

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

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A tragic story of love, revenge, jealousy, and suffering that ends with the heroine leapting to her death.

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Othello by William Shakespeare

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The protagonist, torn between her conservative upbringing and her desire for a dashing suitor, ultimately marries another in a bid for societal acceptance.

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Washington Square by Henry James

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After her husband's death, the protagonist must navigate a guilt-ridden courtship that ends in a hopeful second marriage.

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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A country girl finds love with a wealthy visitor, but their differing social statuses lead to misunderstanding and tragedy.

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Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

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