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The Romance Collection gathers the great love stories of the public domain — the novels of courtship, passion, and longing that have captivated readers for generations. From the wit of Jane Austen and the brooding intensity of the Brontës to sweeping historical romances, it is a shelf devoted to matters of the heart.

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Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
The Secret of ChimneysAgatha Christie
The Love Letters of Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft
The Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward Radcliffe
Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare
A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster
CarmenProsper Mérimée
Sense and SensibilityJane Austen
The Blue Castle: a novelL. M. Montgomery
The String of PearlsJames Malcolm Rymer
The Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 1Unknown
The Green MummyFergus Hume
Le Fantôme de l'OpéraGaston Leroux
A Honeymoon in SpaceGeorge Chetwynd Griffith
Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyCharlotte Brontë
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableThomas Malory
Blow The Man DownHolman Day
Roméo et JulietteWilliam Shakespeare
The Sex Life of the GodsM. E. Knerr
Under the Red Dragon: A NovelJames Grant
The Monk: A RomanceM. G. Lewis
The Silent BarrierLouis Tracy
EloisaJean-Jacques Rousseau
Cynthia's ChauffeurLouis Tracy
Four Arthurian RomancesChrétien de Troyes
MoodsLouisa May Alcott
Lorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorR. D. Blackmore
Dainty's Cruel Rivals; Or, The Fatal BirthdayMrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
The Love Letters of HenryKing of England Henry VIII
HypnerotomachiaFrancesco Colonna
The Gay Adventure: A RomanceRichard Bird
The Prairie WifeArthur Stringer
A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
Manon LescautAbbé Prévost
On the CrossWilhelmine von Hillern
Doctor Cupid: A NovelRhoda Broughton
Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts: NovelleJoseph von Eichendorff
The Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaPhilip Sidney
The Boy with WingsBerta Ruck
What Will People Say? A NovelRupert Hughes
That Which Hath WingsRichard Dehan
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of CourtshipUnknown
History of Sir Richard CalmadyLucas Malet
The Passionate ElopementCompton MacKenzie
Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes
Linnet: A RomanceGrant Allen
Forest Days: A Romance of Old TimesG. P. R. James
The Treasure of PearlsGustave Aimard
The Pirate / Andrew Lang EditionWalter Scott
Cameron of LochielPhilippe Aubert de Gaspé
Only a Girl's LoveCharles Garvice
The Passionate FriendsH. G. Wells
One of the Six Hundred: A NovelJames Grant
The Crack of DoomRobert Cromie
The Blue Lagoon: A RomanceH. De Vere Stacpoole
The Hero of the PeopleAlexandre Dumas
Henrietta Temple: A Love StoryBenjamin Disraeli
Les crimes de l’amourthe marquis de Sade
CatrionaRobert Louis Stevenson
One WomanAlfred Ollivant
Torchy and VeeSewell Ford
The Gay CockadeTemple Bailey
The Real AdventureHenry Kitchell Webster
Monte-Cristo's DaughterEdmund Flagg
Love-at-ArmsRafael Sabatini
Love's Labour's LostWilliam Shakespeare
The Car of DestinyC. N. Williamson
The Lady of the LakeWalter Scott
I am a womanAnn Bannon
Thuvia, maid of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs
Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2)Théophile Gautier
Love and Freindship [sic]Jane Austen
Sonnets from the PortugueseElizabeth Barrett Browning
As You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare
A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
UndineFriedrich de la Motte Fouqué
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)Alexandre Dumas
Venus im PelzLeopold von Sacher-Masoch
Complete Short Works of George MeredithGeorge Meredith
The Red Lily — CompleteAnatole France
Trial by waterSewell Peaslee Wright
A Romance of Billy-Goat HillAlice Caldwell Hegan Rice
The LandloperHolman Day
Erotica RomanaJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
India's Love LyricsLaurence Hope
The Yeoman AdventurerGeorge W. Gough
The Green MouseRobert W. Chambers
Famous Affinities of HistoryLyndon Orr
The Sorrows of Young WertherJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare
The Man Upstairs and Other StoriesP. G. Wodehouse
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love StoryH. G. Wells
The Romance of Tristan and IseultJoseph Bédier
The Viper of MilanMarjorie Bowen
The Scourge of GodJohn Bloundelle-Burton
The Hill of VenusNathan Gallizier
Under the Witches’ MoonNathan Gallizier
Oswald LangdonLevi Jackson Hamilton
SalthavenW. W. Jacobs
The Silver ButterflyMrs. Wilson Woodrow
To LoveMargaret Peterson
The Lure of the MaskHarold MacGrath
Nell, of Shorne MillsCharles Garvice
The Royal Pawn of VeniceLawrence Turnbull
The BirthrightJoseph Hocking
The Lion’s MouseC. N. & A. M. Williamson
Which? Or, Between Two WomenErnest Daudet
In Her Own RightJohn Reed Scott
A Little Traitor to the SouthCyrus Townsend Brady
SketchesBenjamin Disraeli
Marcia SchuylerGrace Livingston Hill
The Love Affairs of an Old MaidLilian Bell
StingareeE. W. Hornung
Sally of MissouriRose E. Young
As We Sweep Through the DeepGordon Stables
Frances Kane’s FortuneL. T. Meade
A War-Time WooingCharles King
The Tyranny of WeaknessCharles Neville Buck
The Jessica LettersCorra Harris & Paul Elmer More
The Forester’s DaughterHamlin Garland
The Range BossCharles Alden Seltzer
The Madness of MayMeredith Nicholson
The Rose-Garden HusbandMargaret Widdemer
SaroniaRichard Short
The Ghost BreakerCharles Goddard & Paul Dickey
Peak’s IslandAnna W. Ford Piper
Molly BawnMargaret Wolfe Hungerford
Desert DustEdwin L. Sabin
The Honourable Mr. TawnishJeffery Farnol
In Direst PerilDavid Christie Murray
The Tunnel Thru the AirW. D. Gann
The Light that LiesGeorge Barr McCutcheon
Cavanagh, Forest RangerHamlin Garland
The Red Romance BookAndrew Lang
Benita H. Rider Haggard
Old Friends and New FanciesSybil G. Brinton
Romantic Legends of SpainGustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Little Golden’s Daughter Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Atala François-René de Chateaubriand
Harold: The Last of the Saxon KingsEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His SisterAphra Behn
Morning StarH. Rider Haggard
The Greek RomancesLongus & Achilles Tatius Heliodorus
Miss Million’s MaidBerta Ruck
Prince or Chauffeur?Lawrence Perry
Aunt RachelDavid Christie Murray
NancyRhoda Broughton
Ishmael E. D. E. N. Southworth
Eric BrighteyesH. Rider Haggard
Hearts of ThreeJack London
The Arabian Nights’ EntertainmentsAnonymous
Heartsease Charlotte M. Yonge
ConfidenceHenry James
The Shadow of a SinCharlotte M. Brame
When I Was Czar Arthur W. Marchmont
Maid MarianThomas Love Peacock
The Call of the CanyonZane Grey
The Duchesse of LangeaisHonoré de Balzac
Truxton King George Barr McCutcheon
Diane of the Green Van Leona Dalrymple
Madame Chrysanthème Pierre Loti
Children of the Mist Eden Phillpotts
Fata Morgana J. André Castaigne
The Princess Passes C. N. and A. M. Williamson
The Younger Set Robert W. Chambers
Liber Amoris William Hazlitt
Beatrice H. Rider Haggard
RosalyndeThomas Lodge
He Fell in Love with His Wife E. P. Roe
An Iceland Fisherman Pierre Loti
Malbone: An Oldport Romance Thomas Wentworth Higginson
What’s Bred in the Bone Grant Allen
Dariel R. D. Blackmore
The Squire of Sandal-Side Amelia E. Barr
The Princess Aline Richard Harding Davis
Quincy Adams Sawyer Charles Felton Pidgin
Zoraida William Le Queux
The Romance of a Poor Young Man Octave Feuillet
The Reason Why Elinor Glyn
The Indiscreet Letter Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Eleanor Farjeon
The Lilac Girl Ralph Henry Barbour
Samuel Brohl and Company Victor Cherbuliez
The History of Emily Montague Frances Brooke
A Fool and His Money George Barr McCutcheon
A Love Episode Émile Zola
The Palace of Darkened Windows Mary Hastings Bradley
The Life Everlasting Marie Corelli
Black Oxen Gertrude Atherton
The Duke in the Suburbs Edgar Wallace
Incognita William Congreve
Winnie Childs, the Shop Girl C. N. and A. M. Williamson
An Englishwoman’s Love-Letters Laurence Housman
Aslauga’s Knight Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
The Master of Silence Irving Bacheller
The Romance of Zion Chapel Richard Le Gallienne
The Wanderings of Persiles and Sigismunda Miguel de Cervantes
Rose of the World Agnes and Egerton Castle
At Last Marion Harland
Kimono John Paris
Julia and Her Romeo David Christie Murray
A Changed Heart May Agnes Fleming
A California Girl Edward Eldridge
The Indiscretion of the Duchess Anthony Hope
The Fate of Fenella Helen Mathers and others
One Day Anonymous
Caravans by Night Harry Hervey
The Young Enchanted Hugh Walpole
A Splendid Hazard Harold MacGrath
Tempest and Sunshine Mary Jane Holmes
The Kempton-Wace Letters Jack London and Anna Strunsky
A Rock in the Baltic Robert Barr
The Golden Fleece Julian Hawthorne
Pomander Walk Louis N. Parker
All Along the River Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Lightning Conductor Discovers America C. N. and A. M. Williamson
Georgina’s Reasons Henry James
Garrison’s Finish W. B. M. Ferguson
The Man Who Could Not Lose Richard Harding Davis
The Lightning Conductor C. N. and A. M. Williamson
Not Like Other Girls Rosa Nouchette Carey
Mae Madden Mary Murdoch Mason
The Secret Power Marie Corelli
The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid Thomas Hardy
Under the Desert Stars Frank Koester
The Heart of the Red Firs Ada Woodruff Anderson
Mr. Fortescue William Westall
Alton of Somasco Harold Bindloss
Dora Thorne Charlotte M. Brame
A Japanese Nightingale Onoto Watanna
Sweet Clover Clara Louise Burnham
If Only F. C. Philips and Augustus Harris
Gabrielle of the Lagoon A. Safroni-Middleton
A Noble Woman Ann S. Stephens
The Keeper of the Door Ethel M. Dell
The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol
In Silk Attire William Black
A Village Stradivarius Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Odds and Other Stories Ethel M. Dell
Sir Harry Archibald Marshall
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers Fiona Macleod
After the Storm T. S. Arthur
The Lady of the Isle E. D. E. N. Southworth
At Love’s Cost Charles Garvice
My Lady Caprice Jeffery Farnol
The Whirl Molly Elliot Seawell
Half a Rogue Harold MacGrath
Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Ouida
Fanshawe Nathaniel Hawthorne
Gentle Julia Booth Tarkington
Purple Springs Nellie L. McClung
The Diva’s Ruby F. Marion Crawford
The Prince and Betty P. G. Wodehouse
Imogen William Godwin
The Danger Trail James Oliver Curwood
Dawn of the Morning Grace Livingston Hill
My Japanese Wife Clive Holland
A Castle in Spain James De Mille
Gloria Victis Ossip Schubin
The Wharf by the Docks Florence Warden
Wife in Name Only Charlotte M. Brame
The Masked Bridal Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
After the Divorce Grazia Deledda
Ranching for Sylvia Harold Bindloss
A Daughter of Fife Amelia E. Barr
Dreamy Hollow Sumner Charles Britton
My Pretty Maid Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Quaint Courtships William Dean Howells
Tom Moore Theodore Burt Sayre
The Day of Judgment Joseph Hocking
An Unknown Lover Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
A Daughter of Witches Joanna E. Wood
Mrs. Geoffrey The Duchess
Betrothed for a Day Laura Jean Libbey
The Gilded Man Clifford Smyth
Lord Loveland Discovers America C. N. and A. M. Williamson
Viviette William J. Locke
The Wishing-Ring Man Margaret Widdemer
Wee Wifie Rosa Nouchette Carey
At the Crossroads Harriet T. Comstock
The Sprightly Romance of Marsac Molly Elliot Seawell
Miss Caprice St. George Rathborne
The Claw Cynthia Stockley
Wild Margaret Charles Garvice