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Classic Reader: "A Lazy Romance" by Bernard Edward J. Capes
Text of the short story "A Lazy Romance" by Victorian author Bernard Edward J. Capes. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "Romance and Reality" by t.s. Arthur
Text of the short story "Romance and Reality" by T.S. Arthur. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "The Romance of Aunt Beatrice" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Text of the short story "The Romance of Aunt Beatrice" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "The Romance of Jedediah" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Text of the short story "The Romance of Jedediah" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "The Romance of a Busy Broker" by O. Henry
Text of the short story "The Romance of a Busy Broker" by O. Henry. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "The Romance of an Ugly Policeman" by p.g. Wodehouse
Text of the short story "The Romance of an Ugly Policeman" by P.G. Wodehouse. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: The Romance of Elaine by Arthur B. Reeve
The full text of the novel The Romance of Elaine by Arthur B. Reeve. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Classic Reader: The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Read the full text of "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is set in a utopian community founded on socialist ideals yet destroyed by the selfishness of the inhabitants.
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Classic Reader: Typee: A Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville
Read the full text of "Typee: A Romance of the South Sea" by Herman Melville. This was Melville's first book and is partly based on his experiences living on an island in the South Pacific.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Romance
These two paragraphs describe the medieval narrative romance, contrasting it with the epic.
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Classic Reader: Benita, an African Romance by H. Rider Haggard
Read the full text of the adventure novel "Benita, An African Romance" by H. Rider Haggard. Encounter a hidden temple, a lost treasure, a shipwreck, ghosts, and a big game hunter in this novel.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Is Romance Dead?
As an introduction to the medieval romances, students compare and contrast the medieval rules of courtly love to the modern "rules" of courtship and romance. Students write a compare/contrast essay after group work and class discussion.
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All About Romance: Quilting: Woman's Work, Woman's Joy
A complete history of quilting including its importance in early American history. Sections describe who made the quilts, how they were made, quilting bees, and much more.
BBC
Bbc: Who Was Sir Guy of Warwick?
Discusses Sir Guy of Warwick as part of a local history page provided by the BBC. Discusses the plot of the legend as well as its genre of Ancestral Romance.
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Nathaniel Hawthorne
The complete texts of several of Hawthorne's works are available here, including "The Snow Image," "The Blithedale Romance," "The Marble Faun," and "The House of the Seven Gables." The texts can be read online or downloaded by individual...
University of Florida
The Lais of Marie De France a Verse Translation
A hypertext annotated English translation of nine of Marie de France's lais or verse romance poems with an introduction.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Jean Clopinel De Meun
An encyclopedia article about the second author of the Romance of the Rose, Jean Clopines de Meun (or Meung). The article focuses on classical and medieval sources. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference...
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Classic Reader: "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" by Anonymous
This is the complete text of the late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written by an unknown author. It is one of the best known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of...
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Classic Reader: The First Men in the Moon by h.g. Wells
This is the full text of the novel The First Men In The Moon by H.G. Wells, a scientific romance originally serialized in The Strand Magazine from December 1900 to August 1901 and published in hardcover in 1901.
Harvard University
The Harvard Chaucer Page: "The Tale of Gamelyn"
Full text of the Middle English 14th century verse romance, "The Tale of Gamelyn," which was popular during Chaucer's lifetime.
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Classic Reader: Homo Sum by Georg Ebers
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1878, one work is Homo Sum, a historical romance written by Georg Ebers.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: On Marriage
This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page provides the vv.8822-8244 of F.S. Ellis's English translation of the 13th-century novel On Marriage, or Le Roman de la rose (The Romance of the Rose). This is a great site to check out on the...
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Classic Reader: Authors: R. D. Blackmore
This site features the author R. D. Blackmore including the full text of four novels including Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor and Mary Anerley.
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Classic Reader: Authors: L. Adams Beck
This site features the author L. Adams Beck including the full text of the two novels: A Fire of Beauty and The Interpreter Romance of the East and six short stories.
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