The novelist wrote several romances.
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Romances
Synonyms for "romances" (214 found)
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cuckoldrydalliancedeliriumdereismdereistic thinkingdetective storydivertissementdreameryeidolonentanglementepiceternal triangleexaggerateexaggerationexcitementextravaganzafablefabliaufabricationfabulize
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fairy talefancyfantasiafantasquefantasyfascinationfibfictionfictionalizefigmentfigment of the imaginationflatterflight of fancyflirtationfolk storyfolktaleforbidden loveforgerygestghost storyglamorhallucinationhanky pankyhanky-pankyhorse operahumoresqueidealidealismidealityidealizationidealizeidle fancyidyllillicit loveillusionimageryimaginationimaginative exerciseimaginativenessimaginingimpracticalityinfidelity
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insubstantial imageintrigueinventionlanguagelegendliaisonlovemaggotmake believemake-believemarchenmedleymelodramamysterymystery storymythmythicizemythifymythologizemythology
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mythosnarratenarrativenonsensenostalgianovelnovelizenursery talepander toparablephantasmphantomplay of fancypotpourriprevaricationquixotismquixotizequixotryreciterecountrehearserelaterelationshipreportretellrhapsodizeromanicromantic tieromanticizeromanzasci fiscience fictionsentimentshockersick fancysoft-soapspace fictionspace operastorifystorystretch of the imaginationsuspense storytall storytall taletelltell a storythick-coming fanciesthrillertriangletripunfaithfulnessunfold a taleunpracticalnessunrealismunrealityutopianismutopianizevaporvisionvisionarinesswesternwestern storywesternerwhimwhimsywhite liewhodunitwildest dreamwildest dreamswish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwork of fiction
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The free access which many young people have to romances, novels, and plays has poisoned the mind and corrupted the morals of many a promising youth; and prevented others from improving their minds in useful knowledge. Parents take care to feed their children with wholesome diet; and yet how unconcerned about the provision for the mind, whether they are furnished with salutary food, or with trash, chaff, or poison?
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Chinese American actress Anna Mae Wong wanted to play the female lead in “The Good Earth,” but she did not get the role. “The reason why Anna Mae Wong wasn’t cast was because of this production law that was part of Hollywood. The industry itself put up a production law, and part of the clause was this anti-miscegenation clause that said that you could not have interracial romances on-screen,” said Yuen.
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Paranormal romances interest me.
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