43 Favorite Fictional Couples

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” is the opening line of A Tale of Two Cities, and a quote that many use in real life. This sets up the context of A Tale of Two Cities, a story set during the French Revolution, and explains the tone of society at that time. While the quote holds a lot of historical accuracy, it also establishes that, regardless of the setting, the journey that readers are about to embark on is dramatic and the characters they meet are facing tough times. If Valentine’s Day isn’t the perfect excuse to revisit your favorite romance novels, we don’t know what is!

With February 14 right around the corner, we got to thinking about some of the best and most unusual examples of two becoming one in literature, and came up with these great bookish pairings. In this post we share a list and photographs of contemporary literary couples. This seminal fantasy couple may be another rivals-to-lovers duo, but soldier Matthias and Heartrender Nina are reminders that sometimes, the person you’re looking for has been there all along.

It’s impossible not to fall a little bit in love alongside them. You can find the short story “A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion” early on in Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s Someone Who Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory. (What a title!) Raphael Bob-Waksberg is the creator of the wonderfully cynical Bojack Horseman, a show that, to me, feels very much like sitting under a weighted blanket but the blanket is sadness (in a fun way). So it was surprising that one of the first couples you meet in his collection are… happy? Actually, not only are they happy but they are in love and https://www.podcasts.com/sakuraladies-review-pros-and-cons/episode/sakuraladies-review-pros-and-cons planning a wedding! Of course, this is where Bob-Waksberg’s madcap surreal humor comes in.

A friendship that eventually evolves in to a relationship and then marriage. Their romance is a breath of fresh air; full of compassion and very selfless. Mr Knightley in particular, is a genuine and kind man who only wants what’s best for Emma – even if that means sacrificing his own happiness, wants and needs. Popular YA fantasy book series like Throne of Glass, Twilight, and The Mortal Instruments would be written differently in today’s cultural landscape. Milan Kundera’s modern classic, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” delves deeply into the dichotomies of love and infidelity. Set against a backdrop of geographically contrasting locales like Prague, Geneva, and Paris, the novel tells the story of Tereza and Tomáš, a couple torn between devotion and jealousy.

• This seminal fantasy couple may be another rivals-to-lovers duo, but soldier Matthias and Heartrender Nina are reminders that sometimes, the person you’re looking for has been there all along.
• This narrative is a stirring reminder of the intertwining nature of our choices and their transient finality.
• A bad ending that is actually a happy beginning is the premise behind this swoon-worthy romance novel by Jasmine Guillory.
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Actually Pretty Happy Couples In Literature

Life is pretty hard for the characters in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian, autocratic country of Panem. Mainly because kids and teenagers get forced to fight each other to the death in a nationally-televised event. And whilst they both survive the initial Hunger Games, there’s a small matter of a revolution, political imprisonment, and a brainwashing to overcome before love can prevail. A classic love story centred around the witty, independent Elizabeth Bennet who resists caving to the social expectations of marriage in Georgian England whilst assisting her sisters with their own love lives. That all changes when a rich neighbour called Mr. Bingley moves into town, bringing with him the dashing-yet-irritable Mr. Darcy. Love, lust and drama unfolds for the Bennet sisters and of course Elizabeth’s disdain for Darcy eventually thaws which results in that much-sought-after proposal at the end of the novel.

I Would Rather Be Reading

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Henry And Clare In The Time Traveler’s Wife

“Ellen took my breath away,” Portia de Rossi told The Advocate in 2005 upon meeting her now-wife backstage at VH1’s Big in ’04 Awards. “That had never happened to me in my life, where I saw somebody and experienced all of those things you hear about in songs and read about in poetry. My knees were weak.” Though very sad it’s a love story that teaches us to make the most out of everything, even those small (seemingly insignificant) moments. From two children who often butted heads, a fiercely loyal friendship as two teenagers, to a blossoming romance in early adulthood.