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Literary Relationships That Were Never Meant to Be

Soooo, spoilers. The relationships in these books don't turn out well. Whether it's death, selfishness, class structure, or just plain ol' bad timing, the lovers in these tales aren't destined for a Happily Ever After after all. Although some of the protagonists do end up with their lovers, there's every indication in the novel that their relationship isn't going to last for too long afterward.
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
1
Daphne Du Maurier
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
2
Emily Bronte
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
3
Charles Dickens
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
4
Ernest Hemingway
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
5
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
6
Gustave Flaubert
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
7
Kate Chopin
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
8
Leo Tolstoy
Love in the Ruins (Walker Percy)
Love in the Ruins
9
Walker Percy
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
10
Natsuo Kirino
Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear
11
Marian Engel
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
12
Edith Wharton
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
13
Gabriel García Márquez
The Graduate (Charles Webb)
The Graduate
14
Charles Webb
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
15
Evelyn Waugh
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
16
Graham Greene
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
17
Edith Wharton
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
18
John Fowles
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
19
Jesmyn Ward
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
20
Haruki Murakami
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
21
Edward Albee
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
22
Virginia Woolf
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
23
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
24
Tennessee Williams
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
25
George Orwell
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
26
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
27
Richard Yates
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
28
Evelyn Waugh
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
29
Jean Rhys
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
30
Ernest Hemingway
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
31
Sophocles
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
32
Gillian Flynn
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
33
Vladimir Nabokov
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
34
Choderlos De Laclos
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
35
Ayn Rand
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
36
Donna Tartt
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
37
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
38
Paula Hawkins
The Hired Man
The Hired Man
39
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
40
Isabel Allende
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