Instead of playing girlfriends and mothers to male heroes, soap women were the planets around which an array of husbands, lovers and colleagues mooned.
Over the years, as Lucia travelled throughout Europe, this girlish enthusiasm was whittled away by a selfish, neglectful, and manipulative husband; on discovering, after Alvise's death, letters from an impressive array of lovers, she filed them alphabetically by author.
What is mole for the gander, however, is mole for the goose and Frida takes on an impressive array of lovers, both men and women, including Leon Trotsky (Geoffrey Rush, Josephine Bakerr and a willowy New Yorker (Saffron Burrows) who had also been one of Diego's conquests.
His circle understood his passion for the elegant Lady Catherine Walston, but were "mystified," Sherry wrote, by his wide array of lovers whose appeal was less apparent.
That number, which is expected to triple within five years, has not been lost on automakers, who hope to lure dog lovers with an array of products that might seem far removed from the nuts and bolts of the car business.
Then there are the newcomers: casino lovers flocking to an array of 2,500 glowing monitors and electronic table games, and feverishly depositing dollar after dollar in hopes of an instant jackpot.
For electronics lovers, Logitech gifted an array of products such the Ultrathin magnetic clip-on keyboard for the iPad air, the Hyperion Fury gaming mouse and the Bemo social camera.
Hyper-realism is an art form that shocks and intrigues even non-art lovers and makes us ponder an array of issues, from genetic engineering to what we classify as the ideal human aesthetic.
Art lovers, art connoisseurs, and art novices alike are invited to Affordable Art Fair Battersea (23 – 26 October) to discover an array of unique and stunning art all priced affordably between £100 - £5,000.
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