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Delirium is a 2011 young adult dystopian novel by American writer Lauren Oliver and the first book in the Delirium trilogy. Its fictional society treats love as a contagious illness and requires citizens to undergo a procedure intended to remove the capacity for romantic attachment. The story follows Lena Haloway as she approaches that procedure and begins to question the system around her. The novel combines speculative fiction, romance, and social control themes.
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What is Lauren Oliver's Delirium about?
Delirium is a 2011 young adult dystopian novel by Lauren Oliver. Its society treats romantic love as a contagious illness and requires a procedure meant to remove people's capacity for romantic attachment.
What books follow Delirium in Lauren Oliver's trilogy?
Delirium is the first book in Lauren Oliver's trilogy, followed by Pandemonium and Requiem. The three-book structure continues the story of a society that tries to control love through medical treatment.
Why does the society in Delirium oppose love?
In the novel's fictional society, love is treated as a dangerous illness rather than a normal human feeling. The required procedure is designed to remove romantic attachment, which drives the book's central conflict.
What does the procedure do in Delirium?
The procedure is intended to remove a person's capacity for romantic attachment. That idea is central to the 2011 novel because it turns love into something the government tries to regulate medically.
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