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* ''[[Bridge to Terabithia]]'': in this [[Tear Jerker]] of a novel, this trope is subtly implied with the friendship between Jess and his friend Leslie, a girl who introduces him to the titular Terabithia, and this variety of the "special, sweet, innocent" type of first love, on both Jess and Leslie's parts, as Jess realises it was not his teacher he was really in love with, but Leslie, thus her death hits him hard.
* In the [[Casson Family Series]], Rose Casson's First Love has always been American [[First Girl Wins|boy]] Tom Levin, and fans are waiting eagerly to see the long-anticipated [[Relationship Upgrade|resolution]] to their relationship.
* In [[Charles Dickens]]' novel ''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfield]]'', this is an important element, used both ways, {{spoiler|since David marries his first love, Dora, only to realise that they are not well-suited. He loves her but she can't be a partner to him. Upon her death, he marries Agnes, who considered ''him'' to be her first love, and who had loved him the whole time. A rare case of both the unhappy First Love type and the triumphant First Love type, for Agnes, who ultimately ends up marrying David - in one story}}.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Harry's First Love was Elaine Lillian Mallory, a fellow apprentice of a wizard he learned dark magic from. Given Harry's [[Cartwright Curse|luck with women, or lack thereof]], it ended somewhat badly, and when she reappears in a later novel, Harry is feels pangs when he sees her again.
* An important element in the novels of [[Jane Austen]], who uses the First Love trope often under the role of [[Wrong Guy First]], and her examples are as follows: In ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', Lizzie is infatuated with Wickham before she eventually realising that he is not a decent person and that Darcy, a man she scorned, is a true gentleman. The concept of the first love is also humorously undermined when Mr Collins rapidly transfers his affections from Jane to Lizzie to Charlotte Lucas. In ''[[Sense and Sensibility (novel)|Sense and Sensibility]]'', Marianne has to move past Willoughby before appreciating the worth of Colonel Brandon. Prior to the story beginning, Edward Ferrars has imprudently gotten engaged to Lucy Steele, which prevents him from courting Eleanor. These are all examples of First Loves going wrong, but Austen also has a few examples among her repertoire of First Love turning out right: In ''[[Persuasion]]'', Anne's early romance with Captain Wentworth had been scuttled by her family, but she never forgot him. Their paths cross again years later and she has to watch him court others before eventually winning him back. In ''[[Emma]]'', Emma thinks she's in love with Frank Churchill, but when she discovers her true feelings for another she realises she never really loved Frank. Meanwhile, she persuades Harriet that her first love wasn't good enough for her, so Harriet sets her sights on various unobtainable men before gratefully accepting her first love's proposal again. In ''[[Mansfield Park]]'', Edmund has to burned by Mary Crawford before he recognises Fanny's worth and Fanny is almost tempted away from Edmund, her first love, but Edmund's brother Henry.
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