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Traditionally, romance works are narratives of the adventures and exploits of medieval knights. These may be prose or poetry and include examples of chivalry and bravery. A more modern use of romance works includes stories about love and courtship of two characters who face an obstacle or barrier to their relationship.
While a young man's fancy may turn to love in the spring, it's on everyone's mind as February 14th, a.k.a. St. Valentine's Day,...
The French Revolution began in 1789 and took the idea of modern democracy from the fledgling United States to Europe. A perio...
Macabre, dark, foreboding; these adjectives are often used to describe the works of Edgar Allan Poe. While this is true of ma...
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning from Sonnets from the Portuguese
One of the greatest love poems of all times, Elizabe...
by Baroness Orczy from The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chapter I passage: The adventure novel “The Scarlet ...
by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe wrote “Annabel Lee” in 1849. It was ...
by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
Chapter III passage: Howard Pyle wrote The Story of ...
Students will read a story about a message in a bottle and how it brought two strangers together. Students will answer question...