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Her vocation was to serve others… For half a century, the housewives of Pont-l’Évêque envied Madame Aubain her servant, Félicité.For a hundred francs a year, she did the cooking and cleaning, sewed, did the laundry, ironed, knew how to bridle a horse, fatten fowl, churn butter, and remained loyal to Leggi tutto
I knew this would happen. One moment I am fully resolute, having rationalised the sorry fact that this is not the 'right time' for me to be going all French again in my reading. The next, my hand is surreptitiously reaching out for the slim volume of 'A Simple Heart' (1877), all the while blaming th Leggi tutto
As in Madame Bovary a playful knowing permeates every line Flaubert writes. He will not keep secrets from you, he will let you see everyone's character and intentions as soon as they make appearance on the stage. You just know them. The trouble is, by the end you're still struggling to put it all to Leggi tutto
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