In Love with Love: The Persistence and Joy of Romantic Fiction
Publishing Details
In Love with Love: The Persistence and Joy of Romantic Fiction
By (Author) Ella Risbridger
Hodder & Stoughton
Sceptre
17th February 2026
6th November 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Popular culture
Literary theory
Physical Properties
288
Width 138mm, Height 222mm
Description
'This book is funny, wise, and joyfully obsessed with its subject'
MONICA HEISEY'Endlessly witty, breathtakingly clever, a book you'll read in one sitting'CAROLINE O'DONOGHUESmart, funny and passionate: An ode to a beloved genre and a brilliantly insightful piece of cultural criticismAcclaimed author Ella Risbridger takes romantic fiction seriously, as a fan and a thinker, in this original new book, journeying through the genre's rich history and many fascinating iterations. From Jane Austen to Jilly Cooper, regency romance to cowboys, vampires and fanfic, romance reflects the concerns of the age and continues to evolve in new directions, while consistently offering its readers pleasure. It deserves our attention!In Love with Love is a tour through romantic fiction, a loving but sharp assessment of these books and our reading habits, and a celebration of generations of longing glances...Reviews
There's no one I trust on love more than Ella Risbridger. This book is funny, wise, and joyfully obsessed with its subject -- Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually
Endlessly witty, breathtakingly clever, a book you'll read in one sitting and then quote at dinner parties forever. Risbridger writes with a warmth and an expertise that is deeply earned yet lightly held -- Caroline O'Donoghue, author of The Rachel Incident
Author Bio
Ella Risbridger is a writer and editor, whose cookbooks, anthologies, children's books include The Year of Miracles, Set Me on Fire and The Secret Detectives. Midnight Chicken: & other recipes worth living for was Sunday Times Book of the Year 2019, Guild of Food Writers General Cookbook of the Year, and an Amazon bestseller in both hardback and paperback. She likes poems, cats and gardens.
