The End of the Affair Study Guide

Maurice Bendrix, a writer living in London shortly after World War II, meets Henry Miles out on a wet miserable evening. Bendrix and Henry talk for a bit and, though Bendrix does not like Henry or his wife, he agrees to have a drink with him. They go to a local pub and, as they sit there, Bendrix remember his affair with Henry's wife Sarah. He had originally started talking to her because he was writing a novel about a civil servant and he wanted to ask Sarah Questions about Henry. However, as they spent more and more time together, they began to have an affair and Bendrix fell in love with her. (read more)