The Course of Love written by Alain de Botton is an intriguing novel and passionately explores different dimensions of romantic partnership. Leslieiali Using the couple, Rabih and Kirsten, the book shows what happens once the infatuation stage of the relationship has worn off; what happens after the fairy tale. Rabih and Kirsten meet in Scotland’s finest city, the city of Edinburgh, they go for marriage, and bring up children.