"The Bridges of Madison County"

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This paper is a review of the book "The Bridges of Madison County" by Robert James Waller. The writer points out that "The Bridges of Madison County" is this author's first novel and is a love story of a photographer and a farmer's wife. The paper begins with an overview of the main characters and the basic storyline of the book.

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"Bridges of Madison County is a romantic classic of the 1990s' based on a romance between a photographer and a farmer's wife who happen to come into each other's life and experience a passion and love which lasts with them forever. 52 year old divorcee Robert Kincaid travels to Iowa's Madison County to photograph the seven covered bridges for National Geographic. Once there, he asks directions to the home of Francesca Johnson, who at that time is alone at home while her husband and two children are visiting the Illinois State Fair. Thus begins a narrative of a profound love story between Francesa and Robert, an experience which would haunt them forever."

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