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The novel subtly and psychologically depicts three love stories/"atmospheres" through the relationship between a man and a woman, analyzing different forms of love, marital crises, jealousy, boredom and the impossibility of complete understanding between
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Young Guy Chelsea courts Christobel Charteris, 10 years his senior, whom he has known since childhood as “auntie.” After she rejects him due to the age difference, he demands a “seven-day siege of Jericho” to win her over.
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