Romance

The Torrents of Spring

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

The work is a Russian novella that opens with a weary, middle‑aged narrator confronting a sudden, suffocating…

Two on a Tower

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy’s “Two on a Tower” unfolds as a tightly wound episode of didactic fiction, set against the…

The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance

Henryk Sienkiewicz

The novel is a sweeping historical romance set against the turbulent politics of late‑medieval Poland, where…

An Old Man's Love

Anthony Trollope

The novel opens with a portrait of Mr Hall, a seventy‑year‑old English squire who prides himself on a life…

Daughters of Nijo: A Romance of Japan

Onoto Watanna

This work is a historical romance set in Japan during the early years of the Restoration, when the country…

A Heart-Song of To-day (Disturbed by Fire from the 'Unruly Member'): A Novel

Annie G. Savigny

Savigny’s novel unfolds as a lively salon scene, where a chorus of voices, maids, ladies, and a bemused…

The Fifth Queen Crowned

Ford Madox Ford

The Fifth Queen Crowned is a historical romance that continues Ford Madox Ford’s three‑part saga of Henry…

Wanderfoot (The Dream Ship)

Cynthia Stockley

Wanderfoot, published in 1913 under the alternate title The Dream Ship, is a romance‑driven novel that opens…

Agatha's Husband: A Novel

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Agatha’s Husband is a Victorian‑era romance that opens on a quiet Sunday in Bloomsbury Church, where the…

The Lovers Assistant; Or, New Art of Love

Henry; Ovid Fielding

The Lovers Assistant is Henry Fielding’s 1760 prose paraphrase of the first book of Ovid’s Ars Amatoria,…

'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands

Eliot H. Robinson

This work is an epistolary novel set in the Cumberland Mountains, introduced through a series of letters that…

Master of the Vineyard

Myrtle Reed

The novel opens with a lyrical panorama of a secluded valley, where Rosemary, a twenty‑five‑year‑old woman,…

Cuentos de amor

Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de

Este libro reúne relatos breves que exploran el amor y sus variantes, escritos por la condesa Emilia Pardo…

The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 6

Gilbert Parker

The work is a historical romance set against the backdrop of the Anglo‑French War, its opening plunges the…

A Voice in the Wilderness

Grace Livingston Hill

A. Grace Livingston Hill’s opening places the reader in a stark, night‑time desert scene where a young…

The Belle of Bowling Green

Amelia E. Barr

The Belle of Bowling Green is a historical romance set against the backdrop of early‑nineteenth‑century New…

Histoire amoureuse des Gaules; suivie des Romans historico-satiriques du XVIIe siècle, Tome I

Bussy, Roger de Rabutin, comte de

Ce volume rassemble l’« Histoire amoureuse des Gaules », pamphlet satirique de Roger de Rabutin, comte de…

The Raft

Coningsby Dawson

The Raft is a turn‑of‑the‑century social novel that frames its story as a study of courtship and the…

A Romantic Young Lady

Robert Grant

The novel opens with a detailed portrait of a young woman’s upbringing, framed by the contrasting influences…

Insolación y Morriña (Dos historias amorosas)

Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de

Insolación y Morriña, de Emilia Pardo Bazán, es una obra de ficción romántica del siglo XIX que se abre con…

The San Rosario Ranch

Maud Howe Elliott

The San Rosario Ranch opens with a vivid tableau of a sprawling, flower‑clad house in California, where a…

One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York

Louis Tracy

The work is a fast‑moving romance set against the bustling backdrop of early‑20th‑century New York.

The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan

Daisy Ashford

The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena’s Plan is a whimsical, self‑conscious novel that proudly advertises its…

The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance

More, Paul Elmer; Harris, Corra

The work is a three‑part epistolary romance that stages a dialogue between a young Southern writer, Jessica…