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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 that she does not have to eat eggplant. That woman in this novel treasures (15[1])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 while trying to grab a parrot. This novel (10[1])begins with that character, a distinguished doctor, noting the smell of bitter almonds. (-5[1])This novel ends with an elderly couple taking a trip on a riverboat flying the yellow flag of disease. (10[1])For 10 points, Florentino Ariza rekindles his romance (10[1])with Fermina Daza (10[1])in what novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez? ■END■

ANSWER: Love in the Time of Cholera [or El amor en los tiempos del cólera]
<HG, World Literature>
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Manu SankaranLambertGeorgia Tech B4215
Darren KellisMiltonGeorgia Tech A8810
Towery McNeilMississippi StateGeorgia Tech C101-5
Pratyusha SoniInnovation Academy BGeorgia Tech D12010
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech CMississippi State12810
Michelle LuoJohns CreekInnovation Academy C13110