Today's newsround consists of a contributor compiling a list of the '24 best romance novels of all time' for
BookRiot and making an interesting point:
There are so many amazing books to choose from for a list of the best romance novels of all time. But 90% of the time, when I see lists about romance on the internet they are full of books that just aren’t romance novels. Loving Jane Austen is probably one of my top 10 personality traits. And I was so obsessed with the Brontë sisters’ novels in college that I planned a solo pilgrimage to Haworth where they grew up. But when I see these classic novels on romance novel round ups, I have to roll my eyes. Because even though those books are certainly romantic (I’m looking at you Mr. Darcy), they were not published as romance novels as we mean them today and they don’t carry the same stigma. And don’t even even get me started about seeing books like Anna Karenina or Nicholas Sparks novels featured…those don’t even have happy endings! (Alison Doherty)
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