In love with romance -- The De Botton series

Author: [British] Alain de Botton, translated by Liu Kaifang
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: When a woman falls in love with a man, what she often falls for is not the man himself, but love. With the arrival of Eric, love strikes Alice, and she abandons her independence, embracing passion, sweetness, and love; she compromises herself, ignoring Eric's self-centeredness of enjoying life and avoiding commitments. Yet love persists, but romance eventually has its day of reckoning. Then, the appearance of Philip once again sets her heart ablaze. Therefore, to fall in love with love is perhaps to fall in love with romance; this is every woman's story. Love in the Ruins is the second novel published by Alain de Botton after Notes on Love. Its story doesn't boast much originality. The book tells the love story of a British girl named Alice, with the plot unfolding around her relationship with her boyfriend, Eric, from their meeting and falling in love to their eventual breakup. Unlike typical love novels, while narrating the story, the author also analyzes the protagonist's thoughts and actions from the perspectives of philosophy and psychology, delving deeply into the various problems that arise in her and her boyfriend's lives. The book raises a series of intriguing questions, such as "How can you truly understand someone?" "What is the relationship between love, sex, and shopping?" "How does love shape you?" and so on.
When a woman falls in love with a man, what she often falls for is not the man himself, but love. With the arrival of Eric, love strikes Alice, and she abandons her independence, embracing passion, sweetness, and love; she compromises herself, ignoring Eric's self-centeredness of enjoying life and avoiding commitments. Yet love persists, but romance eventually has its day of reckoning. Then, the appearance of Philip once again sets her heart ablaze. Therefore, to fall in love with love is perhaps to fall in love with romance; this is every woman's story. Love in the Ruins is the second novel published by Alain de Botton after Notes on Love. Its story doesn't boast much originality. The book tells the love story of a British girl named Alice, with the plot unfolding around her relationship with her boyfriend, Eric, from their meeting and falling in love to their eventual breakup. Unlike typical love novels, while narrating the story, the author also analyzes the protagonist's thoughts and actions from the perspectives of philosophy and psychology, delving deeply into the various problems that arise in her and her boyfriend's lives. The book raises a series of intriguing questions, such as "How can you truly understand someone?" "What is the relationship between love, sex, and shopping?" "How does love shape you?" and so on.