Suicides over a lost love

[LostSouls]

Hey all,

For personal reasons, I'm searching for books (or, I suppose, poetry, movies, paintings, and other art forms) involving a character's committing suicide because the object of their love has betrayed or abandoned them. any suggestions would be deeply appreciated, this would really help me out.

Cheers
Nicole

 

[funes]

Off the top of my head, the only one I can think of right now is The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford.
I half think, though I am not positive, that John Barth wrote a book which would fall into this category - but I can't remember if it was The Floating Opera or - darn, I can't remember the other title.
I know I've read others, but they aren't coming to me right now - maybe T.R. Pearson's The Last of How it Was.
I'll give it some thought.

 

[LostSouls]

Thanks very much! You've helped a great deal, I'll check these out.

Happy reading.

 

[novella]

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe.

The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy.

Sappho's Leap by Erica Jong.