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Part 4
Florentino tries to make something of himself in the River Company of the Caribbean after his great-uncle appoints him to the Board of Directors. He is not very effective, as his writing is too poetic and romantic. He never gets the hang out these business letters, but is successful at writing love letters for others, as well as poetry. Throughout this time, he has several prolonged sexual relationships with women. In his pursuit of sex, he encounters Leona Cassiani, who he mistakes for a prostitute, but who actually approaches him looking for a job. She becomes one of his closest business partners and friends, and after a...
