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The Marriage Plot
  1. Lesley Ashdown-Barr
  1. Research Nurse, Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK

https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2012-100461

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    Jeffrey Eugenides. London, UK: Fourth Estate, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0-007-44130-3. Price: £8.99. Pages: 416 (paperback)

    The Marriage Plot is a richly woven book set in the early 1980s. Its story begins at the graduation weekend of an Ivy League university, with the three principal characters in a state of distress and uncertainty amidst the end of studies festivities.

    It is 1982, and punk rock and feminism are still strong amongst female students. This is the year that Columbia University admits its first female undergraduates. Madeleine, however, has a passion for the past and for romantic 19th century literature and a liking for orderly things. Up …

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