Love in the Time of Cholera Love in the Time of Cholera Love in the Time of Cholera () is a novel by Colombian Nobel prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez. The novel was first published in Spanish in 1985. Alfred A. Knopf published an English translation in 1988, and an English-language movie adaptation was released in 2007. The main characters of the novel are Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza. Florentino and Fermina fall in love in their youth. A secret relationship blossoms between the two with the help of Fermina's Aunt Escolástica. They exchange several love letters. However, once Fermina's father, Lorenzo Daza, finds out
Love in Excess; or, The Fatal Enquiry Love in Excess; or, The Fatal Enquiry Love in Excess (1719–1720) is Eliza Haywood's best known novel. It details the amorous escapades of Count D'Elmont, a rake who becomes reformed over the course of the novel. "Love in Excess" was a huge bestseller in its time, going through multiple reissues in the four years following its initial publication. It was once compared in terms of book sales with "Gulliver's Travels" and "Robinson Crusoe". This information was revealed to be incorrect, the believed success of this novel is much more marginal, selling only about 6000 copies over 23 years. The first