Only romance remained in the outsiders, since since the days of Pushkin's "Onegin" nothing new was invented in it. They will not invent. Pure romance is something that is not new.

You are burning, my dear. The world has changed, the social roles, the rights and responsibilities of men and women have changed, the whole way of life... and the girl in love with you is still forcibly married to another, like Tatiana? Real romance, not pink soppes in sugar, very much depends on the way of life, on social being and consciousness. Another thing is that it is very difficult to write such a real and corresponding to the described era. Especially when the "romantic line" is chopped anywhere instead of a roast of petriflakes on a dish with a meat cut.