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Abelard and Heloise? I've always had a soft spot for Daphnis and Chloe although I don't suppose a modern teenager would believe a couple could be so innocent.

Miss Dunstable and Dr Thorne in Framley Parsonage by Antony Trollope.

Yes, she is a gorgeous girl.

Heathcliff & Cathy

Beauty and The Beast

She's lovely Ariadne.

I hope you all enjoy it - I feel responsible now!

On second thoughts, it's available second hand on Amazon for only a penny more than the cost of postage. Much cheaper than the Kindle price. So that will soon join the pile of books waiting under my bed - and may be a candidate for our book group.

I've put your recommendation on my wish list, Mice. It sounds right up my street.

And what hair! So luxuriant and glossy! Some people have all the luck!

BTW, there is a photo of her in my profile - just look for the hair!

I am very taken with that book too, MiceElf and I shall look for it. So thanks for that too!

I'll let you know what P finally chose to talk about.

Tristan and Isolde is one of my favourites. Very romantic but also very sad

Oh absolutely! It's beautifully written, the historical research is precise, and it's a total page turner. And the ending is something else.

I have read all the books you mention, Micelf, with the exception of Sacred Hearts. Do you recommend it - I can get most books from Amazon.

Of course it hasn't! Read my first contribution in this thread. Try them and see.

I am guilty of re-reading 18th, 19th and early 20th century 'classics' to the detriment of more recent writing. My daughter is always telling me about modern novelists, or foreign writers. Surely good writing hasn't stopped?

Dorothea Brooke and Rev Edward Casaubon (Middlemarch)
Rosamunde Vincy and Dr Lydgate Ditto

Holmes and Watson?
jekyll and hyde?
I spotted my first lesbian couple in a TV advert this weekend! Bank advert that goes "I love my husband. I love my girlfriend. I love swimming. I hate swimming" Then you realise that not one glamorous woman but twins. Blink and you miss it.

Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton now that was a classic modern drama if ever there was one.

The Brokeback Mountain pair?

Grannylin I had completely forgotten Ladt Chatterley!!

Not poetry, folks!

VQ I think the definition of the word "drama" in this context is strictly linked to that of the "A" Level syllabus.

And there is also the question of the great canon of literature, and whether it exists or not - is there an order of what is "literature" worthy of study and what is not? Academics are often divided on this point.

Thank you all so much; I have sent her all your suggestions. Others have taken Jane Eyre and Quasimodo! She says to send her love to you all.

Laurence Olivier, John Betjeman and Ian McKellan all rated Coronation Street very highly!

The Owl and the Pussycat?
Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester
Quasimodo and Esmeralda

Lady Chatterley's Lover

John Betjeman's A Subaltern's Love Song?