When she first came to Brown University, she was studying Victorian literature. Eugenides takes this opportunity to show the reader the history of Leonard and Madeleine’s relationship. This he communicated via an angry letter. She does so, even though her last contact with Mitchell was several months ago, when he accused her of leading him to believe there could be more than friendship between them, when she had no such intention. Madeleine goes to meet her parents for a pre-graduation breakfast, and when they see Mitchell across the street, they press Madeleine to invite him to join them. She and Leonard have just broken up, and she spent the previous night drinking heavily to forget her woes. The story opens on graduation day, and Madeleine wakes up with a massive hangover. Madeleine's relationship with Leonard is not without its hurdles, as Leonard suffers from manic-depression. The book takes place in the 1980s, and Madeleine is trying to navigate her relationship with her boyfriend Leonard, while her friend, Mitchell hopes their friendship will develop into something romantic. The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides, is a book that centers on a love triangle between Madeleine Hanna, who is studying literature at Brown University, and Leonard Bankhead and Mitchell Grammaticus.
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