Their novels, caricatured as romances set on rugged moors, are full of insights into the social conditions of the day.
As often happens in May-to-December romances, even a well-financed suitor can encounter resistance from the youthful object of desire.
Office romances are few, short and not usually destructive: In the past five years, only 12% of singles dated someone in their office.
當時人們用“Romans ”語言來寫包括騎士時代或宮廷式愛情故事在內的各種流行小說，而這些故事後來就被稱爲romances了。
A rumour about the presidential couple's alleged extramarital romances has for weeks been met by official silence and by disdain in France's traditional media.
"Romans" were used to write popular stories involving chivalric or courtly love, and such tales became known as romances.
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