There are a few more books like these that come to mind for me. Certainly....Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is one of them. Despite the rather depressing story of Jane's life, how could you not want her and Mr Rochester to be together besides his eccentricities?
And Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, a Caribbean writer who tell the story of Mr Rochester's mad wife (yes! a prequel to Jane Eyre!), and why she was driven to madness. Writing from the wife's point of view, it is one of my favorite tragic stories ever. Still, you feel for her when she falls in love with him. Spoiler alert....lots of references to island life, voodoo and more! Great look at what it meant to be born of European descent in a Caribbean country during colonial times. This book was wildly successful and one of the only instances of follow-ups to classic stories that I can think of that did the original story justice. Read if you can for sure!
And what about The Great Gatsby?! When Gatsby has created an incredibly decadent lifestyle to win back Daisy. Such a relevant and tragic love story. Iconic today as it ever was. Just a rad love story!
And what about the effervescent Oscar Wilde play, The Importance and Being Earnest? Excellent comedic writing with overlapping love-stories interwoven. Hilarious and highly recommended! Such an easy read!
And lastly, Like Chocolate for Water by Mexican writer Laura Esquivel is just so good. Loaded with symbolism and magical elements blending into this story.....it is a little comparable to Love in the Time of Cholera.....but very different. If you guys cannot read, watch the movie....which was extremely well made. Spoiler alert....great parallelisms between passion for food and lust...written in such a lovely way.
