Literature is full of examples of famous and universal loves. Perhaps the case of Romeo and Juliet is one of the best known. Personally, I prefer stories of truncated, impossible loves, of those in which the protagonists struggle to be together, but still cannot be happy. I remember that when I was a child I read two novels considered by critics to be romantic, María de Jorge Isaac and Marianela by Benito Pérez Galdós, which left a deep feeling about love. In these two novels, although love is the fundamental thread of the story, love is not triumphant but, on the contrary, is defeated by reality. Thank you for sharing this post, @luces!