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Friday, 25 May 2012

Love Stories From Romeo and Juliet to the Catcher in the Rye


It's pretty easy to name famous works of literature that center around a love story. Troilus and Criseyde, Romeo and Juliet, not to mention the complete works of Jane Austen. The Bible has Adam and Eve, The Iliad and the Odyssey even have a love triangle, consisting of Menelaus, Helen and Paris. Readers have long been intrigued by love stories; one only needs to look at the extensive "romance" section of their local bookstore to see how successful such novels are.