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Here are a few more you might enjoy. Most of these are epic novels, that tell the stories of several families, over several generations. Some have the story of a romance in the core of the plot, others have one or more couples who are in love with each other as one of the family stories, others don't really have a romance in the central part of the book, but they all tell Epic stories that unwind over several generations.
1. Possession by A.S. Byatt: Two present day grad students are researching a pair of Victorian poets that they suspect were lovers..... and the plot thickens.
2. Jane Eyre by Charolotte Bronte: Governess gets job teaching French ward of mysterious, brooding lord of the manor. She can't tell if he is interested or not and that's only the first quarter of the plot.
3. Jubilee by Margaret Walker: If you liked "Gone With the Wind" this is a story set in the same time period.
4. Exodus by Leon Uris: The story of the end of World War II and the founding of Israel as told through the lives of several interrelated families.
5. Hawaii by James Mitchner: Several inter-related families and their stories over three generations, telling the history of Hawaii.
6. The Color Purple by Alice Walker: Much shorter, but fascinating story of a woman who was born into a sharecropping family, forced into a loveless marriage, but who crafts a life for herself out despite all odds.
7. Roots by Alex Hailey Epic novel of several families and how their lives are impacted by slavery and the Civil War.
8. Canal Town by Samuel Adams Tells the story of a young doctor who is just starting his practice in Palmyra, NY in the early years of the Erie Canal, and what happens when the daughter of the richest man in town becomes pregnant, and the most dashing Canal captain is suspected of being the father. So totally not the predictable end to this story that you'll be amazed.
You might enjoy reading the works of Alison McLeay (Sea Change, Passage Home, The Summer Cottage). She is a Scottish author who incorporates meticulous historical research and epic romance into her interesting and well-written fiction.
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