The End of the Affair (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Graham Greene
List Price:
Our Price: $7.36
You Save: $7.64 (51%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.90 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Graham GreeneIntroduction: Michael Gorra
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-31
ISBN: 0142437980
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780142437988
- Condition: New
- Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
Book Reviews of The End of the Affair (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Book Review: "A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to...
Summary: 5 Stars
...look ahead."
One "black wet January night on the Common, in 1946," writer Maurice Bendrix comes upon the fortysomething civil servant husband of his former mistress, Sarah Miles, and engages him in conversation. Over a drink, Henry Miles reveals to Bendrix that he suspects his wife of having an affair and is contemplating hiring a private detective. By the end of the evening, Miles has decided against taking action, but Bendrix goes forward with the plan himself. He learns, as a result of the investigation, the identity of the object of Sarah Miles' recent attentions as well as the reason she suddenly and unexpectedly ended their affair about 18 months prior. Bendrix, who narrates the story, explains to readers at the start, (p 1) "...this is a record of hate far more than of love, and if I come to say anything in favour of Henry and Sarah I can be trusted: I am writing against the bias because it is my professional pride to prefer the near-truth, even to the expression of my near hate." After setting things up, the jilted man shares details about his relationship with Mrs. Miles, interspersed with interactions between him and his private detective (including information the PI provides that shed light on certain significant events), Henry, and Sarah Miles. It ends entirely differently than (at least I) expected.
Best of the book: Greene's unusual habit of stringing adjectives (and nouns) in triplet (p 3), "sick, unhappy, dying," (p 24) "jaunty, adventurous, happy," and (p 38) "carefully, collectedly, quickly;" subtle foreshadowing (p 2), "I could even like poor silly Henry, I thought, if...;" fabulous phrasing (p 45) "the spring like a corpse was sweet with the smell of doom," (p 54) "the telephone presented nothing but the silent open mouth of somebody found dead," and (p 145) "his answers fell like trees across the road," and plenty of thought-provoking talk on theology. The End of the Affair is an outstanding story about love, hate, relationships, and religion. Also good: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis, The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham, and Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates.
Classics Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Classics Books
Native sonby Richard Wright
Perennial Library; Published: 1987; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.75
Native Son: And How Bigger Was Bornby Richard Wright
Perennial; Published: 1993-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $60.00
Raphael and the Noble Taskby Catherine Salton
Harper; Published: 2000-10-24; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.49
Price in other shops:
Island (Perennial Classics)by Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2002-07-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops:
A Tree Grows in Brooklynby Betty Smith
Harper; Published: 2001-11-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.17
Price in other shops:
The Great Divorce CDby C. S. Lewis
HarperAudio; Published: 2003-11-25; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $13.22
Price in other shops:
Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens
Macmillan Pub Co; Published: 1979-06; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
This Side of Paradiseby Fitzgerald
Scribner Paper Fiction; Published: 1988-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.95
Price in other shops:
Black Coffee (Poirot)by Agatha Christie
Harper Collins Pb; Published: 2002-12-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $68.32
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1960s)by Joan Didion
Flamingo; Published: 2001-04-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $22.25
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume A: The Middle AgesW. W. Norton & Company; Published: 2005-12-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.00
Never Let Me Goby Kazuo Ishiguro
Vintage; Published: 2006-03-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.49
Price in other shops:
Translations: A Play (Faber Paperbacks)by Brian Friel
Faber & Faber; Published: 1995-03-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.95
Price in other shops:
The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics)by Graham Greene
Penguin Classics; Published: 2003-02-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.99
Price in other shops:
Atonement: A Novelby Ian McEwan
Anchor; Published: 2003-02-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops:
White Teeth: A Novelby Zadie Smith
Vintage; Published: 2001-06-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.20
Price in other shops:
The Golden Notebook: A Novel (P.S.)by Doris Lessing
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2008-10-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.76
Price in other shops:
The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)by Graham Greene
Penguin Classics; Published: 2004-08-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.73
Price in other shops:
The End of the AffairFIENNES,RALPH; Release date: 2000-05-16; DVD
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
The Heart of the Matter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)by Graham Greene
Penguin Classics; Published: 2004-09-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.25
Price in other shops: