Romanticism as a literary trend also exists in the works of modern writers,though the writers themselves do not admit or try their best to avoid the respect,it is reflected in their works,like Nabokov’ s Lolita and Fitzgerald’ s The Great Gatsby.But the romance in the two novels is different from each other.In Lolita,it is the romance of love,for Humbert and Lolita’ s love affair could be considered as passion-love.While Gatsby’ s love toward Daisy,first have something to do with sentiment, but later,as his accumulation of money grows,changed to the pursuit of wealth or even the possession of status and stature in society. Romanticism as a literary trend also exists in the works of modern writers, though the writers do not admit or try their best to avoid the respect, it is reflected in their works, like Nabokov ’s Lolita and Fitzgerald’ s The Great Gatsby. But the romance in the two novels is different from each other. Lolita, it is the romance of love, for Humbert and Lolita’s love affair could be considered as passion-love. Whilst Gatsby ’s love toward Daisy, first have something to do with sentiment, but later, as his accumulation of money grows, changed to the pursuit of wealth or even the possession of status and stature in society.