The Marriage Plot

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction

Pages: 406
Published: 2011
Language: English

Set in 1982, this story follows three Brown University friends—Madeleine, Leonard, and Mitchell—as they complete their senior year and face the uncertainties of their first year after graduation. Their intertwined lives explore the complexities of relationships, personal growth, and the pursuit of meaning in a world shaped by literature and intellectual curiosity.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Reflective Melancholic Thought-Provoking Intellectual

Love Triangle Coming of Age

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction Romance

Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides (born March 8, 1960, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American novelist and short story writer. He is the author of the novels The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002) — winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — and The Marriage Plot (2011), as well as the short-story collection Fresh Complaint (2017). He teaches creative writing at New York University.