Valentine's Day | Fictional Love Stories

From Helen and Paris to the Kramdens

by David Johnson

• Helen of Troy and Paris
  In Greek mythology, the face that launched a thousand ships
• Robin Hood and Maid Marion
  True love in Medieval England
• Romeo and Juliet
  Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers
• Sheherazade and King Shahryar
  The central characters of "Thousand and One Nights"
• Margherita (Camille) and Armando
  Dumas' autobiographical play about a Parisian courtesan and her lover
• Carmen and Don José
  One of opera's most beloved love stories
• Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester
  Charlotte Brontë's romantic heroine finds true love
• Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler
  Love and longing for Miss Scarlett during the Civil War
• Ralph and Alice Kramden
  TV's gruff but loveable "Honeymooners"