The End of the Affair
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"In this book, Graham Greene goes a lot further toward shoqing the power of grace in a person's life than he went in The Power and the Glory. Here, he has the grace exercising such authority that it dictates decisions and even takes life if the sin is too strong to resist. There is powerful biblical and historical ground to make such a claim and in this particular case, Greene has made it strongly.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Kelly Whiting, Resident Scholar

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Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - wild lover
Seduction/coercion/force Yes
How seduced/forced? - threat of exposure of secret
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one woman-two men
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - seduction of someone else's wife
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - (general) search for identity/new understanding
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Who seduces whom? - mutual seduction
Disability or addiction? - alcohol

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - writer
Age/status: - 40's-50's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex makes him - more demanding - childish
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - unemployed
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuous
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
effect of sexing - confused
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - obedient - less bitchy/arrogant
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - physically sick

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 50%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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