Simone de Beauvoir declared romantic love a sham, stating women create a hell for themselves in patriarchal relationships, obstructing their equal happiness.
Alba de Céspedes's novel, 'Her Side of the Story,' critiques marriage, revealing through Alessandra’s disillusionment the oppressive nature of women's romantic ideals.
Through Alessandra’s journey from romantic hope to marital despair, de Céspedes illustrates how women's happiness is often compromised by societal expectations.
Alessandra, reflecting at 16, perceives women as a 'gentle and unlucky species,' burdened by timeless solitude and hopeless romanticism.
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