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.
Every title is a free EPUB download, cleanly reformatted with a fresh cover and ready for any e-reader or phone. Ranked by popularity, these are the romance classics readers adore most.
- Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
- Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare
- A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster
- The Blue Castle: a novelL. M. Montgomery
- Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyCharlotte Brontë
- The Secret of ChimneysAgatha Christie
- The Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward Radcliffe
- CarmenProsper Mérimée
- The Green MummyFergus Hume
- The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert ImlayMary Wollstonecraft
- The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.James Malcolm Rymer
- Le Fantôme de l'OpéraGaston Leroux
- The Lady of the LakeWalter Scott
- Sense and SensibilityJane Austen
- Four Arthurian RomancesChrétien de Troyes
- The Monk: A RomanceM. G. Lewis
- The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10)Unknown
- A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
- Thuvia, Maid of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs
- A Honeymoon in SpaceGeorge Chetwynd Griffith
- The Yeoman AdventurerGeorge W. Gough
- Manon LescautAbbé Prévost
- EloisaJean-Jacques Rousseau
- The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A RomanceLucas Malet
- The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of Jane AustenJane Austen
- I Am a WomanAnn Bannon
- King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableThomas Malory
- The Sex Life of the GodsM. E. Knerr
- Robert Orange / Being a Continuation of the History of Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes
- The Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaPhilip Sidney
- The Sorrows of Young WertherJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The Blue Lagoon: A RomanceH. De Vere Stacpoole
- Henrietta Temple: A Love StoryBenjamin Disraeli
- Under the Red Dragon: A NovelJames Grant
- CatrionaRobert Louis Stevenson
- Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The CoastHolman Day
- Roméo et Juliette / TragédieWilliam Shakespeare
- Erotica RomanaJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts: NovelleJoseph von Eichendorff
- A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare
- Love and Freindship [sic]Jane Austen
- Sonnets from the PortugueseElizabeth Barrett Browning
- The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2Burton Egbert Stevenson
- As You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare
- That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the DayRichard Dehan
- The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; With NotesKing of England Henry VIII
- Only a Girl's LoveCharles Garvice
- A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
- Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a DreameFrancesco Colonna
- Lorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorR. D. Blackmore
- The Red Lily — CompleteAnatole France
- UndineFriedrich de la Motte Fouqué
- One of the Six Hundred: A NovelJames Grant
- The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on FootHolman Day
- Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)Alexandre Dumas
- What Will People Say? A NovelRupert Hughes
- The Pirate / Andrew Lang EditionWalter Scott
- Complete Short Works of George MeredithGeorge Meredith
- Victorian Short Stories: Stories of CourtshipUnknown
- MoodsLouisa May Alcott
- The Romance of Tristan and IseultJoseph Bédier
- The Gay Adventure: A RomanceRichard Bird
- Cameron of LochielPhilippe Aubert de Gaspé
- The Boy with WingsBerta Ruck
- Linnet: A RomanceGrant Allen
- India's Love LyricsLaurence Hope
- Cynthia's ChauffeurLouis Tracy
- The Passionate ElopementCompton MacKenzie
- On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at OberammergauWilhelmine von Hillern
- The Prairie WifeArthur Stringer
- Forest Days: A Romance of Old TimesG. P. R. James
- Doctor Cupid: A NovelRhoda Broughton
- A Romance of Billy-Goat HillAlice Caldwell Hegan Rice
- The Crack of DoomRobert Cromie
- Dainty's Cruel Rivals; Or, The Fatal BirthdayMrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
- The Hero of the People: A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and LoyaltyAlexandre Dumas
- The Treasure of Pearls: A Romance of Adventures in CaliforniaGustave Aimard
- The Green MouseRobert W. Chambers
- The Silent BarrierLouis Tracy
- One Woman: Being the Second Part of a Romance of SussexAlfred Ollivant
- Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 / Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852Various
- Trial by waterSewell Peaslee Wright
- Monte-Cristo's DaughterEdmund Flagg
- Ann Veronica: A Modern Love StoryH. G. Wells
- Les crimes de l'amourthe marquis de Sade
- The Passionate FriendsH. G. Wells
- Torchy and VeeSewell Ford
- The Gay CockadeTemple Bailey
- The Car of DestinyC. N. Williamson
- The Real AdventureHenry Kitchell Webster
- Love-at-armsRafael Sabatini
- The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition, Vol. 20Robert Louis Stevenson
- Love's Labour's LostWilliam Shakespeare
- The Man Upstairs and Other StoriesP. G. Wodehouse
- Venus im PelzLeopold von Sacher-Masoch
- Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Vol 1-4, CompleteLyndon Orr
- Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2)Théophile Gautier