Goodreads asked Kathleen Kent:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Kathleen Kent So many of the famous couples of literature are formed out of affairs because of unhappy, or unfulfilled, marriages, or the lovers meet with tragic ends. Evidently, a happy, healthy relationship does not make for sustained, dramatic reading. Hemingway's Frederick Henry and Catherine Barkley in A Farewell to Arms would probably be my favorite couple from "classic" literature, as there love is set against war torn Europe, and much sacrifice is asked of them. Although their story ends tragically, their love, while it lasts, is deep and true.

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