It’s always appropriate to read about love — regardless of the season outside. But in February, when we celebrate Valentine’s Day, it’s especially pleasant to immerse ourselves in romantic stories. Our selection features five books that will create a special mood and bring true reading pleasure.
“Wuthering Heights”, Emily Brontë
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The novel “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë has been reissued by “КСД” publishing house, and now is the perfect time to read it, as the film of the same name starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi will be released in Ukrainian cinemas from February 12. A typical novel of the mid-19th century usually told a touching love story between children from two neighboring Victorian estates. In the end, they would get married and live happily ever after, and their families would visit each other in aristocratic idyll. In “Wuthering Heights,” Emily Brontë departs from the canon of the time and makes a true anti-hero the central character — Heathcliff, cruel and vengeful, who is in a complicated love relationship with Cathy. The couple experiences tragic love and various trials of fate, and immersing yourself in their passionate story will be incredibly exciting.
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“The Men’s Room”, Philippe Besson
The sensual novel by French writer Philippe Besson tells the love story between a soldier and an aristocratic teenager. The events unfold in Paris in 1916, on the eve of World War I. The protagonist, the romantic sixteen-year-old Vincent, falls in love with the French soldier Arthur Vales and meets the famous writer Marcel Proust. The relationship between the soldier and the teenager largely exists in letters — it is there, between the lines filled with sensual secrets and revelations of first passion for the French infantryman, that his path to maturity begins.
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“Modern Ukrainian Prose and Poetry in Vogue Ukraine”
The second volume of the collector’s edition “Modern Ukrainian Prose and Poetry” includes new works by sixteen prominent writers, written specifically for Vogue Ukraine. The theme running through the entire book is feelings and sensuality: the authors write about infatuation and passion, love crises, and self-discovery in relationships. This is precisely why this collection deserves special attention in the most passionate month of the year.
Among the authors are Serhiy Zhadan, Yuriy Izdryk, Sofia Andrukhovych, Iryna Slavinska, Haska Shiyan, Irena Karpa, Halyna Kruk, Artem Chekh, Lyubko Deresh, Anna Gruver, Artur Dron, Karina Savaryna, Roman Malinovsky, Yevgeniya Pobizhna, Roman Holubovsky, Misha Goncharenko.
“The Ladies’ Paradise”, Émile Zola
In the novel “The Ladies’ Paradise,” Émile Zola with all his expressiveness tells about the development of retail trade, competition, and love. Here you will learn about the traps that unsuspecting department store customers so easily fall into. At the same time, it is a touching love story of a simple saleswoman from the provinces for the owner of a large and luxurious store, a prototype of which can still be admired today by visiting the Parisian department store Printemps. Both the setting and one of the main characters of the novel is Paris: its reconstruction, farewell to the musty past, and the opening of spaces for the future. The novel has been adapted into five feature films and series, so it undoubtedly deserves attention.
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“Love Classics”
“Love Classics” is a collection of short and long Ukrainian prose by writers of the 19th-20th centuries, which explores the inscrutable nature of love. It deals with infatuation and passion, tenderness and care, erotic attraction and friendly affection, sacrifice and egoism. The collection “Love Classics” will be a great gift for yourself, your loved ones, and friends. Among the authors featured are Hryhoriy Kvitka-Osnovianenko, Ivan Franko, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Valerian Pidmohylny.
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