Hello /lit/. I want to make birthday gift for someone and I decided

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Hello /lit/. I want to make birthday gift for someone and I decided it'll be books. 2 or 3 books. I already decided what will be 1-2 of them, but the last one should be some love story because reasons. Usually I read completely different stuff so I don't know any books with love story I'm looking for. I want something about man's struggle and devotion for woman, where after years of woman's bad choices and not accepting said man she finally gives in and it turns out to be one of the best decisions of her life. Eventually man can die protecting her or something and after his death she realizes her bad choices and faults, and wisens, but the memories still haunt her or something. Forrest Gump movie can be decent example of similar story, except I'm looking for something focused more on the relationship.

Any suggestions? I'll be thankful for anything because I'll have to find a book translated to our language since that someone doesn't speak english well. Basically I'm counting for multiple suggestions, including the most famous ones, even though said person reads a lot so I assume some of them will be already "checked out", thus I'll prioritize less known stuff.

I still have a month, but it's part of a bigger plan I need to put some work into so I want to check out this part and move on to the others.

And speaking of Forrest Gump, how far from the book movie is? I wanted to read it someday but the book never landed in my hands and I pursued other titles or been busy with other stuff.