Romance Books

Venus in Furs

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Venus in Furs is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works. The novel was to be part of an epic series that Sacher-Masoch envisioned called Legacy of ..

Chéri

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Chéri is a novel by Colette published in French in 1920. The title character's true name is Fred Peloux, but he is known as Chéri to almost everyone, except, usually, to his wife. This novel was follo..

The Black Moth - A Romance of the XVIIIth Century

Georgette Heyer

The Black Moth is a Georgian era romance novel by the British author Georgette Heyer, set around 1751. Published when Heyer was nineteen, The Black Moth was her debut novel. It was based on a story sh..

The Iron Woman

Margaret Deland

The Iron Woman is a novel of manners by the American writer Margaret Deland (1857–1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an Ohio River community that represents Pittsburgh, Pennsylv..

The Blue Lagoon - A Romance

H. De Vere Stacpoole

The Blue Lagoon: A Romance is a romantic adventure novel written by H. De Vere Stacpoole.He was a Celt, and all the salt seas that had flowed between him and Connaught these forty years and more ..

Evelina

Fanny Burney

Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is a satirical work  written by Fanny Burney.GENTLEMEN, The liberty which I take in addressing to you the trifling production of..

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice must default on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. It is believed to hav..

Mrs. Warren's Profession

George Bernard Shaw

Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam, who attempts to come to terms with..