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Literature’s Greatest Love Affairs

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Anniebach Fri 24-Apr-20 16:18:54

Cathy and Heathcliff

Scarlett and Rhett

Nina and Jamie , ‘Truly,Madly,Deeply. - not in literature but !

GrandmaMoira Fri 24-Apr-20 15:48:29

Lara and Yuri in Dr Zhivago.

cavewoman Fri 24-Apr-20 15:48:24

Orpheus and Eurydice

Nico97 Fri 24-Apr-20 15:45:32

Homer and Marge Simpson grin

TwiceAsNice Fri 24-Apr-20 15:41:01

Cleopatra and Mark Antony

Romeo and Juliet

fevertree Fri 24-Apr-20 15:28:47

Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.

C.S. Lewis and Joy (Davidman).

Niobe Fri 24-Apr-20 15:07:50

Jane Eyre and Edward Fairfax Rochester.

Alima Fri 24-Apr-20 15:03:43

Jean Paget and Joe Harman in A Town Like Alice.

Ellianne Fri 24-Apr-20 14:56:25

Madame Bovary and Léon
Meggie and Ralph in The Thorn Birds

GrandmaMoira Fri 24-Apr-20 14:14:21

Ross and Demelza Poldark, Heathcliff and Cathy, Pierre and Natasha in War and Peace.

Missfoodlove Fri 24-Apr-20 13:59:32

Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan.

Ilovecheese Fri 24-Apr-20 13:35:13

Also doomed but with added miracles

Ilovecheese Fri 24-Apr-20 13:34:28

Maurice and Sarah in The End of the Affair

Marmight Fri 24-Apr-20 13:32:09

Something to while away the time
I’ll start with :
Hari Kumar & Daphne Manners in
The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott.
A doomed love affair with far reaching consequences