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A woman in this novel nearly has Oscar Wilde sign her glove during a honeymoon in Europe. A character in this novel accepts a marriage proposal on the condition (15[1])that she does not have to eat eggplant. That woman in this novel treasures a picture of her and her cousin taken by a chess-loving Belgian photographer. With his dying breath, a man in this novel says, “Only God knows how much I have (*) loved you” after he falls from a ladder (10[1])while trying to grab a parrot. This novel begins with that character, a distinguished doctor, noting the smell of bitter almonds. This novel ends with (-5[1])an elderly couple taking a trip on a riverboat flying the yellow flag (10[1])of disease. (10[1])For 10 points, Florentino Ariza rekindles his romance with Fermina Daza in what novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Love in the Time of Cholera [or El amor en los tiempos del cólera]
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