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The End of the Affair

by Graham Greene

The End of the Affair is a 1951 novel by British author Graham Greene, as well as the title of two feature films (released in 1955 and 1999) that were adapted from the novel. Set in London during and just after the Second World War, the novel examines the obsessions, jealousy and discernments within the relationships between three central characters: writer Maurice Bendrix; Sarah Miles; and her husband, civil servant Henry Miles. Graham Greene's own affair with Catherine Walston formed the basis for The End of the Affair. The British edition of the novel is dedicated to "C" while the American version is made out to "CatherineCatholic novels" tetralogy, following Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), and The Heart of the Matter (1948). The novel focuses on Maurice Bendrix, a rising writer during the Second World War in London, and Sarah Miles, the wife of Henry, her amiable but boring husband and an important civil servant. Bendrix is based on Greene himself, and he reflects often on the act of writing a novel. Sarah...

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