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Romantic Novels |
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Is reading your favorite pass time! Then try out the romantic novels. Such kind of novels offer you a fascinating glimpse of the varied human emotions and the dramatic display of feelings and emotions. Facts indicate that the romantic novel as literary genre developed in Western countries. These novels primarily focussed on the relationship and romantic love between a boy and a girl. Though towards the late 20th and early 21st centuries, these novels were further categorized as single-title romances or short story romances since they became widely popular . Based on these romantic novels varied movies were made.
Among the popular 18th Century Romantic Novels special mention needs to be made of Samuel Richardson's 1740 novel Pamela and Virtue Rewarded, which was revolutionary in their appeal and its believed to be a one of the trend setting fictional works which paved the way for romantic novels. Also Jane Austen with her hugely successful fictional work Pride and Prejudice is considered to be the best among the romantic novels and till today people of all ages prefer to read her novels with equal fervor. These novels were not just confined to a dramatic setting rather the catastrophic events of World War also led to their impact as revealed in the romantic fictional works
well reflected in some of the historical romantic novels. Though in the last few years the number of historical novels published has dwinled to a great extent but readers still love to read the love stories with war as the backdrop of such novels.
Modern Romantic Novels
The modern romance novel actually began in 1972 with the publication of Kathleen Woodiwiss's The Flame and the Flower, believed to be the first single-title romance novel. In 1974 Woodiwiss's second novel, The Wolf and the Dove was published which is till date one of the best selling novels selling more than a million copies worldwide. Others include--Dark Fires whichsold two million copies in its first three months of release. In the year 1976nearly 150 historical romance novels which were actually in the form of paperback originals, were published, selling a hopping 40 million copies within first few months of its publication.The success of these romantic novels prompted a new style of writing romance though from time to time changes have been made to suit according to the taste of the readers.
Famous Romantic Novels
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Lady of the Forest by Jennifer Roberson
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