I confess my predilection for stories of unfortunate loves. As literary stories they have the advantage of offering opportunities for intense emotions (which always accompany love: jealousy, anger, selfishness, pride...) and offer opportunities to reflect on the condition of our souls. And I see in the post that, somehow, the stories reviewed confirm that great love stories are accompanied by doses (sometimes quite large) of bad fortune. Hate in the case of "Romeo and Juliet"; social restrictions in the case of "Pride and Prejudice" and "Ana Karenina"; illness in the case of "The Fault in Our Stars"; or society and time in the case of "Love in the Times of Cholera". They are all memorable love stories, but they are also all stories that go beyond the center of love as the theme of the story and elevate it to the theme of men's lives (our lives).
Thank you, @adsactly, for sharing these reflections. I have enjoyed it.