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The Lover

Marguerite Duras
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24 pages • 48 minutes read

Marguerite Duras

The Lover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

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  • Before You Read Sparkles iconBeta

  • Summary

    • Chapter Summaries & Analyses

  • Sections 1-3

  • Sections 4-6

  • Character Analysis

  • Themes

  • Symbols & Motifs

  • Important Quotes

  • Essay Topics

    • Essay Topics

    1.

    How does the narrator’s race and financial class influence her relationship with the lover?

    2.

    What role does the elder brother play in the narrator’s family? Why do you think that he fears the narrator?

    3.

    Analyze the narrator’s relationship with three other women in the text. How does the narrator regard these women? How do her social expectations compare to theirs?

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