The Best Classic Literary Couples 25 Books

The two frequently hosted other Modernist writers and painters, including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and many, many others. While Howl might have seen the best minds of its generation destroyed by drugs, sex, and debauchery, the real-life love story of Allen Ginsburg and Peter Orlovsky was relatively tame. These pillars of the Beat Poets scene met in San Francisco in 1955 and would remain together until Ginsberg died in 1997. A love for the ages, Ginsberg encouraged Orlovsky to start writing and publishing his work. While both Nin and Miller were married when they met in Paris in 1932, it didn’t stop the two writers from beginning a decades-long affair.

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Honestly, it is almost predictable considering how openly each wrote about sex at a time when it was scandalous to do so. The Delta of Venus author and the Tropic of Cancer author would exchange steamy letters for years, with Nin at one point even having a frank discussion about their affair with Miller’s wife Jane. Estella is arguably one of Dickens’ strongest female characters who rejects the notion of romance and warns Pip to stay away from her when the two are children. But Pip loves the thrill of the chase (don’t we all?) and when he rises in social stature and confidence, he pursues Estella even more -even when she marries the repugnant Drummle for money.

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Charles de Lint is a master of urban fantasy and most known for his series of stories set in the fictional town of Newford. Jilly is an artist who is blessed with several magical gifts. Her best friend Geordie is a musician who initially struggles to believe in the world of magic, despite the fact that it is in his face on a daily basis. Although this couple has been circling around each other for a long time, Widdershins is Amoredate reviews the novel where they finally realized that they are meant to be together. We could have told them several stories back, but they were fearful that romance would ruin their friendship. If you have not taken the time to read these incredible fantasy stories (or anything by de Lint), do yourself a favor and check them out as soon as you can.

Westley and Buttercup’s love story is a whirlwind of events that all started with a simple “As you wish”. Though it seems their journey came to an abrupt and sad end, their reunion (shown above) is one of the most iconic scenes in film history. Alright so I might be stretching the definition of “couple” with this one, but I think it’s fair to say there was more going on beneath the surface of this friendship.

• In 2003, when Quintana Roo was sick in the ICU, Dunne suffered a fatal heart attack.
• It’s a slow burn romance that takes almost the entire book, but it is worth it, for these two are made for each other.
• The sad love between Tess, a young woman from a modest family, and Angel Clare, the idealistic son of a clergyman, delves into issues of innocence, betrayal, and the harsh realities of Victorian society’s moral ideals.

Okay so by modern standards, there are quite a lot of things wrong with this story, but it’s still considered one of literature’s great romances. Jane Eyre is an orphan working in the home of Edward Rochester. While her employer is at first mean and abusive towards her, she eventually comes to see his softer side. The problem, which she discovers on their wedding day, is that he already has a wife. Don’t worry though, she ends up being killed in a fire so they can be together guilt-free.

Plath’s fans hate Ted Hughes so much that they continually go to her grave and chip off the “Hughes” at the end of her name. Well, he cheated on her, and after her death burned her journals, and sought to otherwise obscure her legacy in order (some say) to keep himself from looking bad. It’s not fair to say definitively that Plath’s suicide had anything to do with Hughes’s treatment of her—she was clearly clinically depressed—but lots of people still connect the two, and at our vantage, it’s hard to say. Only a few years after that, Wevill—to whom Hughes was not faithful either—killed herself, and the daughter she had with Hughes, in almost exactly the same way (sleeping pills, oven gas). I feel we can’t go through another of those terrible times. I don’t think two people could have been happier ’til this terrible disease came.