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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- A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
- A Honeymoon in SpaceGeorge Chetwynd Griffith
- A Little Traitor to the SouthCyrus Townsend Brady
- A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare
- A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
- A Romance of Billy-Goat HillAlice Caldwell Hegan Rice
- A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster
- A War-Time WooingCharles King
- Ann Veronica: A Modern Love StoryH. G. Wells
- As We Sweep Through the DeepGordon Stables
- As You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare
- Aunt RachelDavid Christie Murray
- Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts: NovelleJoseph von Eichendorff
- Blow The Man DownHolman Day
- Cameron of LochielPhilippe Aubert de Gaspé
- Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)Alexandre Dumas
- CarmenProsper Mérimée
- CatrionaRobert Louis Stevenson
- Cavanagh, Forest RangerHamlin Garland
- Complete Short Works of George MeredithGeorge Meredith
- ConfidenceHenry James
- Cynthia's ChauffeurLouis Tracy
- Dainty's Cruel Rivals; Or, The Fatal BirthdayMrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
- Desert DustEdwin L. Sabin
- Doctor Cupid: A NovelRhoda Broughton
- EloisaJean-Jacques Rousseau
- Eric BrighteyesH. Rider Haggard
- Erotica RomanaJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Famous Affinities of HistoryLyndon Orr
- Forest Days: A Romance of Old TimesG. P. R. James
- Four Arthurian RomancesChrétien de Troyes
- Frances Kane’s FortuneL. T. Meade
- Harold: The Last of the Saxon KingsEdward Bulwer-Lytton
- Hearts of ThreeJack London
- Henrietta Temple: A Love StoryBenjamin Disraeli
- History of Sir Richard CalmadyLucas Malet
- HypnerotomachiaFrancesco Colonna
- I am a womanAnn Bannon
- In Direst PerilDavid Christie Murray
- In Her Own RightJohn Reed Scott
- India's Love LyricsLaurence Hope
- Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyCharlotte Brontë
- King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableThomas Malory
- Le Fantôme de l'OpéraGaston Leroux
- Les crimes de l’amourthe marquis de Sade
- Linnet: A RomanceGrant Allen
- Lorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorR. D. Blackmore
- Love and Freindship [sic]Jane Austen
- Love's Labour's LostWilliam Shakespeare
- Love-at-ArmsRafael Sabatini
- Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His SisterAphra Behn
- Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2)Théophile Gautier
- Maid MarianThomas Love Peacock
- Manon LescautAbbé Prévost
- Marcia SchuylerGrace Livingston Hill
- Miss Million’s MaidBerta Ruck
- Molly BawnMargaret Wolfe Hungerford
- Monte-Cristo's DaughterEdmund Flagg
- MoodsLouisa May Alcott
- Morning StarH. Rider Haggard
- NancyRhoda Broughton
- Nell, of Shorne MillsCharles Garvice
- Old Friends and New FanciesSybil G. Brinton
- On the CrossWilhelmine von Hillern
- One of the Six Hundred: A NovelJames Grant
- One WomanAlfred Ollivant
- Only a Girl's LoveCharles Garvice
- Oswald LangdonLevi Jackson Hamilton
- Peak’s IslandAnna W. Ford Piper
- Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
- Prince or Chauffeur?Lawrence Perry
- Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes
- Romantic Legends of SpainGustavo Adolfo Bécquer
- Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare
- Roméo et JulietteWilliam Shakespeare
- RosalyndeThomas Lodge
- Sally of MissouriRose E. Young
- SalthavenW. W. Jacobs
- SaroniaRichard Short
- Sense and SensibilityJane Austen
- SketchesBenjamin Disraeli
- Sonnets from the PortugueseElizabeth Barrett Browning
- StingareeE. W. Hornung
- That Which Hath WingsRichard Dehan
- The Arabian Nights’ EntertainmentsAnonymous
- The BirthrightJoseph Hocking
- The Blue Castle: a novelL. M. Montgomery
- The Blue Lagoon: A RomanceH. De Vere Stacpoole
- The Boy with WingsBerta Ruck
- The Call of the CanyonZane Grey
- The Car of DestinyC. N. Williamson
- The Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaPhilip Sidney
- The Crack of DoomRobert Cromie
- The Duchesse of LangeaisHonoré de Balzac
- The Forester’s DaughterHamlin Garland
- The Gay Adventure: A RomanceRichard Bird
- The Gay CockadeTemple Bailey
- The Ghost BreakerCharles Goddard & Paul Dickey
- The Greek RomancesLongus & Achilles Tatius Heliodorus
- The Green MouseRobert W. Chambers
- The Green MummyFergus Hume
- The Hero of the PeopleAlexandre Dumas
- The Hill of VenusNathan Gallizier
- The Honourable Mr. TawnishJeffery Farnol
- The Jessica LettersCorra Harris & Paul Elmer More
- The Lady of the LakeWalter Scott
- The LandloperHolman Day
- The Light that LiesGeorge Barr McCutcheon
- The Lion’s MouseC. N. & A. M. Williamson
- The Love Affairs of an Old MaidLilian Bell
- The Love Letters of HenryKing of England Henry VIII
- The Love Letters of Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft
- The Lure of the MaskHarold MacGrath
- The Madness of MayMeredith Nicholson
- The Man Upstairs and Other StoriesP. G. Wodehouse
- The Monk: A RomanceM. G. Lewis
- The Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward Radcliffe
- The Passionate ElopementCompton MacKenzie
- The Passionate FriendsH. G. Wells
- The Pirate / Andrew Lang EditionWalter Scott
- The Prairie WifeArthur Stringer
- The Range BossCharles Alden Seltzer
- The Real AdventureHenry Kitchell Webster
- The Red Lily — CompleteAnatole France
- The Red Romance BookAndrew Lang
- The Romance of Tristan and IseultJoseph Bédier
- The Rose-Garden HusbandMargaret Widdemer
- The Royal Pawn of VeniceLawrence Turnbull
- The Scourge of GodJohn Bloundelle-Burton
- The Secret of ChimneysAgatha Christie
- The Sex Life of the GodsM. E. Knerr
- The Shadow of a SinCharlotte M. Brame
- The Silent BarrierLouis Tracy
- The Silver ButterflyMrs. Wilson Woodrow
- The Sorrows of Young WertherJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The String of PearlsJames Malcolm Rymer
- The Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 1Unknown
- The Treasure of PearlsGustave Aimard
- The Tunnel Thru the AirW. D. Gann
- The Tyranny of WeaknessCharles Neville Buck
- The Viper of MilanMarjorie Bowen
- The Yeoman AdventurerGeorge W. Gough
- Thuvia, maid of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs
- To LoveMargaret Peterson
- Torchy and VeeSewell Ford
- Trial by waterSewell Peaslee Wright
- Under the Red Dragon: A NovelJames Grant
- Under the Witches’ MoonNathan Gallizier
- UndineFriedrich de la Motte Fouqué
- Venus im PelzLeopold von Sacher-Masoch
- Victorian Short Stories: Stories of CourtshipUnknown
- What Will People Say? A NovelRupert Hughes
- Which? Or, Between Two WomenErnest Daudet