Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all.

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country.

Love has many forms, many needs. Some fall into the dark, into the shadows. Forbidden love has connotations of desire, of possession but also of matters far more unsavoury. It’s a delicate facet of love that our classic authors explain with careful words and superbly crafted narratives.

1 - Forbidden Love - Short Stories - An Introduction

2 - About Love by Anton Chekhov

3 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad

4 - Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin

5 - La Grande Breteche by Honore de Balzac

6 - Right At Last by Elizabeth Gaskell

7 - The Daughter of Lilith by Anatole France

8 - Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu

9 - The Dream By Mary Shelley

10 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson

11 - The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin

12 - Lord of the Jackals by Sax Rohmer

13 - The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton

14 - The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov