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A Book of Ghosts/The Leaden Ring

Romance

A Book of Ghosts/The Leaden Ring

By Sabine Baring-Gould

Julia's decision to attend the county ball sparks a heated argument with her aunt, who believes Julia's actions led to the tragic death of James Hattersley.

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Bag and Baggage/John Darling's Atonement

Romance

Bag and Baggage/John Darling's Atonement

By Bernard Capes

A young woman, Peggy, asks her lover, John Darling, to marry her, but he responds with a mix of amusement and reassurance, hinting that he will eventually marry her.

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Category:Romantic short stories

Romance

Category:Romantic short stories

By Unknown

A romantic short story is a short narrative that focuses on the emotional journey of the characters, often exploring themes of love, relationships, and the human heart.

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Flappers and Philosophers/The Offshore Pirate

Romance

Flappers and Philosophers/The Offshore Pirate

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

A young man's adventure on a yacht in the Caribbean, where he encounters a mysterious and beautiful woman.

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Harper's Weekly/Love in a Dutch Garden

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Harper's Weekly/Love in a Dutch Garden

By NEITH BOYCE

A young maiden named Prunella lives in a garden carefully constructed to keep Love out, but when a charming Pierrot enters her life, she is swept away by his mad wooing.

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His Highness's Emissary

Romance

His Highness's Emissary

By E.M. Hull

The story revolves around the marriage negotiations between the Grand Duchess and Prince Michael of Rubania, with the premier minister, Count Schyrolski, trying to persuade the Baroness de Bréville to influence the Grand Duchess to accept the suitor.

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Love's Logic and Other Stories/Prudence and the Bishop

Romance

Love's Logic and Other Stories/Prudence and the Bishop

By Anthony Hope

Prudence, the eldest girl, is being considered for marriage to a wealthy man to secure her family's financial future.

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Saxe Holm's Stories/The Elder's Wife

Romance

Saxe Holm's Stories/The Elder's Wife

By Helen Hunt Jackson

Draxy and the Elder were married in a small village church, and the Elder expressed his desire to promise himself to the Saviour at the same time he promised to Draxy, fearing he would love her more than God.

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Saxe Holm's Stories, Second Series/Farmer Bassett's Romance

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Saxe Holm's Stories, Second Series/Farmer Bassett's Romance

By Helen Hunt Jackson

John Bassett, a pagan farmer, attends a camp-meeting and meets Fanny Lane, a city girl, and is smitten with her.

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Some of Us Are Married/As Lochinvar

Romance

Some of Us Are Married/As Lochinvar

By Mary Stewart Cutting

Mrs. Laurence longs for a romantic surprise from her husband Will, reminiscent of the story of Lochinvar, while dealing with the challenges of household labor on a hot summer day.

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The Literary Sense/The Love of Romance

Romance

The Literary Sense/The Love of Romance

By E. Nesbit

A young woman, eager to elope with her lover, takes a daring leap from her window and meets a man who claims to be her lover's substitute, leading to a complicated and emotional situation.

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The Literary Sense/The Lover, the Girl, and the Onlooker

Romance

The Literary Sense/The Lover, the Girl, and the Onlooker

By E. Nesbit

A young woman's unrequited love for a man who is forbidden from speaking of his feelings due to a code of honor.

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The Strand Magazine/Volume 22/Issue 127/The Eccentricity of Fleetwood

Romance

The Strand Magazine/Volume 22/Issue 127/The Eccentricity of Fleetwood

By C. N. and A. M. Williamson

Sybil Fleetwood, an American heiress, is torn between marrying an English earl for social status and following her heart for a man who can truly win her.

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What Every Man Should Know

Romance

What Every Man Should Know

By Author of 'Less than Kin', etc.

Miss Harborer, a 21-year-old woman, is known for her hard-hearted nature, but a chance encounter at a dance with a young man has left her questioning her feelings.

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Interlude (Cohen)

Romance

Interlude (Cohen)

By Octavus Roy Cohen

When a calm business girl marries a jazz king, life is certain to be sped up in at least one household.

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Winning Rosemary Burke

Romance

Winning Rosemary Burke

By Wolcott Le Clear Beard

Don Miguel Farrello, a handsome and prosperous man, encounters a little woman, Rosie Burke, in a storm and is astonished to discover it's his long-lost love.

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Love in Aether

Romance

Love in Aether

By Fred M. White

Angela, a young woman, is dreaming about her life, her art, and her relationships with two men, Ronald and Philip Service, as she lies in her little white bed in a cottage on the moorland.

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Friday

Romance

Friday

By Zona Gale

Hempel, a young man, rushes home from work, anxious to be with a woman, possibly his loved one, as he believes she may be giving birth.

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The Desert Woman

Romance

The Desert Woman

By Zane Grey

The story revolves around a woman's journey to self-discovery and redemption in the harsh yet beautiful desert landscape.

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I Go a Playing

Romance

I Go a Playing

By Mary Roberts Rinehart

The story revolves around a young girl's experience in a stock company, where she meets a strict director, Mr. Cunningham, and a charming co-star, Baldwin.

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Young Mr. Merrill's Love Affair

Romance

Young Mr. Merrill's Love Affair

By J. S. Fletcher

Young Mr. Anthony Merrill had never wasted a moment's thought on girls in all the peaceful smoothness of his four-and-twenty years of existence.

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Ainslee's Magazine/Lady Pam's Bridge Debts

Romance

Ainslee's Magazine/Lady Pam's Bridge Debts

By Mrs. C. N. Williamson

Jack Adriance is smitten with Lady Pamela Sylvain, but struggles to make her acquaintance due to her social status and the interference of Sir Thomas Potterson.

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Emeline Hardacre's Revenge

Romance

Emeline Hardacre's Revenge

By Anne O'Hagan

Emeline Hardacre's hatred for the Jordans has been simmering for years, and when she fails to see the morning smoke from their chimney, she is shaken.

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Ladies' Night

Romance

Ladies' Night

By Alice Hegan Rice

Miss Ethel Corcoran, a young and beautiful woman, is confident and sure of herself, but her cousin Elizabeth suspects that she may be in love with one of two men.

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