A great American literature love story is 'The Notebook'. It's a very touching story about a couple's enduring love through the years. Noah and Allie's relationship is full of passion, heartbreak, and ultimately a love that lasts a lifetime. Another one is 'Gone with the Wind'. Scarlett O'Hara's love for Ashley Wilkes and her complex relationship with Rhett Butler are central to the story. It shows how love can be mixed with pride, jealousy, and the changing times in the South.
In American literature, 'Romeo and Juliet' is often considered a great love story. Oh, wait, that's Shakespeare and he's British. Well, then there's 'The Scarlet Letter' which has a complex love triangle of sorts. Hester Prynne has an affair with Dimmesdale, and their relationship is marked by sin, guilt, and a strange kind of love in the Puritan society. And 'Of Mice and Men' has a different kind of love - the friendship between George and Lennie which can be seen as a form of deep, platonic love in the harsh American landscape.
One of the well - known American literature love stories is 'The Great Gatsby'. It shows Gatsby's unrequited love for Daisy. His pursuit of her is filled with hope and despair. Another is 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen (although she is British, it is highly influential in American literature too). The relationship between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy is a complex dance of pride and first impressions evolving into love. Also, 'Wuthering Heights' (again, a British work with great American influence) tells the passionate and tormented love story between Heathcliff and Catherine.