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We've hit February and that officially will cause bells to ring in your head because love is seeping in ever faster for Valentine's Day<\/strong>. Before you scurry off to a\u00a0dreamy\u00a0date night, decked in a drool-worthy dress<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0stunning makeup for dinner at a\u00a0romantic spot<\/a>, prep yourselves on all things love and romance with a good 'ol novel - essentially our de-stressing remedy as well.<\/p>

Seeing how reading<\/a> is our ultimate favourite pastime - at least for this writer\u00a0- we couldn't help but round up some charming reads that evoke the true romantic in us. However, rather than serving you the cliche, corny modern-time novels of affection (or Fifty Shades of Grey), here are classics that narrate the struggles of love cast against a backdrop of war, tradition and distance.<\/p>

Because if you think love is hard now, it was way harder in the past.<\/p>

Tarandip Kaur<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Anna Karenina to Love in the Time of Cholera, we bring you some of our favourite novels that touch on desire and affection. 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