Amor en los Tiempos Del Colera, el

Descripción

The main characters of the novel are Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza. She (Fermina) becomes enamoured with him during their youth but is forced to stop meeting him by her father. Eventually she weds Juvenal Urbino at the age of 21 (the "deadline" she had set for herself) because he seemed to offer her security and love. Urbino is a medical doctor devoted to science, modernity, and "order and progress."