A romance author, living a solitary life, finds herself at a grand hotel in Switzerland, reflecting on love, her career, and the lives of other guests in Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac (1984).

In The Ring and the Book (1868-1869), Robert Browning narrates in blank verse a tragic story inspired by a 1698 Roman murder trial, where a young woman's attempt to flee an unhappy marriage ends in disaster.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1850) explores themes of adultery and vengeance in a Puritan New England setting, making it a timeless moral study.

The Age of Innocence (1920) is Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, depicting unfulfilled passion within the confines of 19th-century New York high society.

Edith Wharton Abroad. Selected Travel Writings, 1888-1920, edited by Sara Bird Wright, is a compilation of Wharton's travel observations over three decades, detailing her experiences across Europe, Morocco, and the Mediterranean.