Most Famous Lovers of Literature and History

[andrewan]

[SIZE=3]Whether you are feeling all alone in the world or truly believe there are always more fish in the sea, these lovers will renew or reinfornce your faith in "love"... these are the most famous lovers in history. Do you know any others?[/SIZE]



[SIZE=3]1. Romeo and Juliet[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]2. Cleopatra and Mark Antony[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]3. Lancelot and Guinevere[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]4. Layla and Majnun[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]5. Tristan and Iseult (Isolde)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]6. Eloise and Abelard[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]7. Paris and Helena[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]8. Orpheus and Eurydike[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]9. Napoleon and Josephine[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]10. Cyrano and Roxane[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]11. Pyramus and Thisbe[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]12. Werther and Lotte[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]13. Odysseus and Penelope[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]14. Jane Eyre and Rochester[/SIZE]

[Skye]

[size=1]1) Phedre no Delaunay de Montreve and Joscelin Verruil
2) Beauty and the Beast
3) Kaoru and Kenshin

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[pooperson]

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[Delta]

[COLOR=#35425e]How about Francesca de Rimini and Paolo in [i]Divine Comedy[/i] by Dante Alighieri. They inspired Rodin's [i]The Kiss[/i] so they should count for something.[/color]

[Sara]

[quote name='andrewan']
[SIZE=3]5. Tristan and Iseult (Isolde)[/SIZE][/QUOTE]I took a semester-long class devoted to Tristan and Isolde. Really, one of the most beautifully written things I've ever read.

[eleanor]

[font=trebuchet ms][size=6]ELIZABETH BENNET AND MR. DARCY[/size] for life[/font]

[Sara]

[quote name='Lunox'][font=trebuchet ms][size=6]ELIZABETH BENNET AND MR. DARCY[/size] for life[/font][/QUOTE][url=http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=202]This is not [i]entirely[/i] relevant to your post, but Jane Austen reminds me of the Brontës, and any excuse is a good excuse to plug Kate Beaton (link).[/url]

[conpiracymonki]

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Most Famous Lovers in Western* Literature and History? :)[/size]

[Allamorph]

[FONT=Calibri]Narcissus and himself.[/FONT]

[eleanor]

[quote name='Sara'][url=http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=202]This is not [i]entirely[/i] relevant to your post, but Jane Austen reminds me of the Brontës, and any excuse is a good excuse to plug Kate Beaton (link).[/url][/QUOTE]

[font=trebuchet ms] I love Kate Beaton, her comics are so clever I become jealous.

Err to make this post on topic, Romeo and Juliet totally do not reinforce my ideals about love. I sort of hate that they're considered great lovers.[/font]

[Skye]

[quote name='Lunox'][font=trebuchet ms]Err to make this post on topic, Romeo and Juliet totally do not reinforce my ideals about love. I sort of hate that they're considered great lovers.[/font][/QUOTE]

[size=1]Agreed. They [b]DIE[/b], for Christs sake![/size]