Elective affinities : a novel
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008
- xxv, 244 p. ; 20 cm
- Oxford world's classics .
Translated from the German
Charlotte and Eduard, aristocrats with little to occupy them, invite Ottilie and the Captain into their lives; against morality, good sense, and conscious will, all four a drawn into relationships as inexorably as if they were substances in a chemical equation.
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Aristocracy Social class German fiction Marriage Passion