Love in the Time of Cholera

About “Love in the Time of Cholera”

As young people, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love, but Fermina eventually marries a wealthy, well-regarded doctor. Florentino, devastated but romantic, builds a successful business career and has 622 brief romances while his heart remains with Fermina. When her husband dies, Florentino attends the funeral intending to declare his love again, fifty years, nine months, and four days after first doing so.