Maurice Bendrix, the hero of Graham Greene's novel The End of the Affair, claims his story is a record of hate, not love.

 Bendrix is indeed consumed by hate and jealousy, for he lost the woman he loved to the man he stole her from.
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Layered in regret, burnished with melancholy and driven by obsession, Neil Jordan's The End Of The Affair is a very adult romantic tragedy.

 For that, no one should be ashamed. Not all love stories need to be turned into happy Hollywood romps. Tragedies can be just as enduring. Check with Shakespeare. Or watch Greta Garbo in classics such as Anna Karenina and Camille.
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