Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
Literary Fiction / Romance
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel García Márquez
—· 348 p
Literary Canon20th Century Classicreflectivephilosophical
Overview
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A love story of astonishing power" (Newsweek), the acclaimed modern literary classic by the beloved Nobel Prize-winning author. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Flor…
Pages
348
unknown publisher
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Prose10
Romantic Obsession10
Emotional depth9
Magical Realism9
Worldbuilding8
Narration8
Pacing6
Plot twists5
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