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Love in the Time of Cholera opens on the day of Dr. Juvenal Urbino's death. He is a highly successful doctor who has done much for the Caribbean city in which he lives, so his death has a great effect on the city. The two who are most affected are Fermina Daza, his widow, and Florentino Ariza, the man who has been waiting for him to die for fifty-one years. Florentino was Fermina's first love; as teenagers, over a period of four years, they corresponded almost daily by mail, and they were engaged for most of that time. But after returning from a trip that her father made her take in order to forget Florentino, Fermina found that she had no feelings for him, and her love for him was just an illusion. Florentino became desperate, and when he…

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Posted By katherine s #203723 at Oct 03, 2011 5:54 PM

what almost ended Fermina and Dr.Urbino's marriage?

it was after thirty years

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Posted By mike s #195525 at Aug 14, 2011 10:36 AM

What are the differences between love among the young and love among the old in the novel? How do these differences play out between Florentino and America?

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Posted By edelyn p #195409 at Aug 13, 2011 1:38 AM

the majority of the novel rests on florentinos decades of waiting.how does his waiting reflect his character?

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