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'On Chesil Beach' opens in July 1962 on the Dorset coast, where Florence, a talented future concert pianist, and Edward, a University College of London history student, are newly married and both virgins. Their day at a seaside hotel is marked by nervous anticipation and the quiet dread that surrounds the first night. Edward fears failure and anxiously seeks physical intimacy, while Florence, uncomfortable with physical contact, fears disappointing her husband. The novel traces how their anxieties and misunderstandings shape their lives, illustrating the fragile boundary between youthful idealism and the realities of married life.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Ian McEwan
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