Love stories and courtship

26 books

A farewell to armsErnest Hemingway · 1929A 1929 novel by Ernest Hemingway, narrated by an American serving in the Italian army during World War I. Its opening chapters depict village life, military movements, and fighting in the mountains, along with mess-hall conversations among officers and a priest.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

A Tar-Heel BaronMabell S. C. Smith · 1905A 1905 novel by Mabell S. C. Smith about Baron Friedrich von Rittenheim, a cultivated German aristocrat living in poverty as a farmer in the North Carolina mountains, where his distinguished bearing and mysterious past intrigue his rural neighbors.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

A War-Time Wooing: A StoryCharles King · 1902A Civil War romance novel by Charles King, first published in the 1880s and reissued in 1902, about a young woman who falls in love through correspondence with a Massachusetts lieutenant she has never met, a friendship begun when her soldiers' aid society package reaches him in Virginia.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

At the Sign of the Jack O'LanternMyrtle Reed · 1905A 1905 novel by Myrtle Reed in which newlyweds Dorothy and Harlan Carr inherit a strange, rambling house called the Jack-o'-Lantern and discover the eccentric relatives, secrets, and household mysteries that come with it.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Free AirSinclair Lewis · 1919A 1919 novel by Sinclair Lewis following Claire Boltwood, a young Brooklyn woman driving with her father on a road trip through the rural West and Midwest, where muddy roads, small towns, and new encounters challenge her sheltered, respectable life.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Glory of YouthTemple Bailey · 1915A 1915 illustrated romance novel by Temple Bailey, following Bettina, a young orphaned woman living by the sea, whose life becomes entwined with that of her doctor guardian and the mysterious, wise Diana as she seeks love and a place in the world.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

In Her Own RightJohn Reed Scott · 1913An illustrated 1913 novel by John Reed Scott about a wealthy young man ruined by a fraudulent broker's bankruptcy, following his efforts to recover his lost fortune.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic VoyageSamuel Hopkins Adams · 1912A 1915 humorous novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams, told as the log of young Alexander Forsyth Smith's first transatlantic voyage, beginning when he befriends a tearful young stowaway-like passenger fleeing an arranged marriage and her disapproving family.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Margarita's Soul: The Romantic Recollections of a Man of FiftyJosephine Daskam Bacon · 1913A 1913 romantic novel told as the recollections of a narrator recalling how his friend Roger Bradley, a bachelor of forty, met a mysterious veiled woman on Broadway, an encounter that became the turning point of his life.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Master of the VineyardMyrtle Reed · 1910Master of the Vineyard, a 1910 novel by Myrtle Reed, follows Rosemary, a young woman living in a valley village, and her secret meetings on a hillside with a disillusioned schoolteacher who tends the vineyards of the Marsh family.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Mistress AnneTemple Bailey · 1917A 1917 novel by Temple Bailey about Anne Warfield, a young schoolteacher at a crossroads school near the Chesapeake, who longs for a fuller life beyond her quiet surroundings. The story follows her encounters with travelers and townspeople.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Otherwise PhyllisMeredith Nicholson · 1913A 1913 novel by Meredith Nicholson about Phil Kirkwood, an unconventional young woman, and her dreamy father as they break camp and return to their Indiana hometown of Montgomery, where her aunts hope to make a proper lady of her.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Penelope's Irish ExperiencesKate Douglas Smith Wiggin · 1910A 1901 travel novel by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin following Penelope, Salemina, and Francesca, three American women traveling through Ireland's four provinces, where they encounter local people and humor while their husbands are called away to America.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Sally of MissouriRose E. Young · 1903A 1903 novel by Rose E. Young about a wealthy young New Yorker who, on his friend's advice, travels to the Missouri Ozarks to prospect for lead and zinc, encountering rugged hill country, locals, and Miss Sally Madeira of Canaan.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Seven Miles to ArdenRuth Sawyer · 1916This 1916 illustrated novel by Ruth Sawyer follows Patsy O'Connell, a cheerful young Irish actress stranded penniless when her theater troupe goes bankrupt, as she leaves the hospital after recovering from pneumonia and sets out with little money and uncertain prospects.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Girl PhilippaRobert W. Chambers · 1916An illustrated 1916 World War I spy novel by Robert W. Chambers. It follows two young British agents shadowing German operatives aboard an ocean liner, a plot centering on stolen shell plans, and the fate of an obscure French girl named Philippa caught in events following the Archduke's assassination.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Indifference of JulietGrace S. Richmond · 1915A 1915 romantic novel by Grace S. Richmond in which Juliet Marcy, who has long refused her friend Anthony Robeson's proposals, agrees to help him furnish a house for the wealthy woman he plans to marry in San Francisco.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Innocents: A Story for LoversSinclair Lewis · 1917A 1917 novel by Sinclair Lewis about Seth and Mary Appleby, an affectionate elderly New York couple who, after decades of modest city life and annual two-week vacations, set out for their usual summer getaway on Cape Cod.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Jessica Letters: An Editor's RomancePaul Elmer More · 1904A 1904 epistolary novel told through letters between Philip Towers, a New York literary editor, and Jessica Doane, a young Southern writer, tracing how their correspondence and visits give rise to a romance entangled with questions of literature, philosophy, and religion.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Last WomanRoss Beeckman · 1913A 1913 romance and society novel by Ross Beeckman in which Wall Street banker Stephen Langdon, facing ruin, proposes that his strong-willed daughter Patricia help rescue him, setting off conflicts involving jealousy, mystery, and a cowboy lover.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Lure of the MaskHarold MacGrath · 1908A 1908 illustrated romance novel by Harold MacGrath in which a young New York man becomes intrigued by a mysterious woman's singing voice heard in the fog and sets out to learn her identity.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Man Next DoorEmerson Hough · 1917A 1917 Western novel narrated by a cowpuncher named Curly, telling how wealthy Wyoming rancher Old Man Wright decides to sell out and move, with his daughter Bonnie Bell and hired hand, to town and to a new life next to new neighbors.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Mask: A Story of Love and AdventureArthur Hornblow · 1913A 1913 adventure romance novel in which Kenneth Traynor prepares to travel to South Africa to secure a vast diamond mining fortune, despite his wife Helen's forebodings about the danger of carrying a priceless gem and her distrust of his associate Signor Keralio.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Place of HoneymoonsHarold MacGrath · 1913A 1913 illustrated romance novel by Harold MacGrath about a wealthy, restless American traveler in Paris who becomes enthralled with an opera singer and waits at the stage door to pursue her.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Silver ButterflyWilson Woodrow · 1908An illustrated 1908 novel by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow about Robert Hayden, a railroad builder returning to New York society after years abroad, whose hopes of finding a "fairy princess" lead him into romance involving the gifted painter Marcia Oldham.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

When dreams come trueRitter Brown · 1912An illustrated 1912 adventure novel set in the Southwest and Mexico, following Captain Forest and his companion José as they travel through the Chihuahuan desert toward a festival, encountering landscapes, legends of Montezuma's return, and the people of the region.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية