pickI found this one as an ebook and as I haven't seen the movie, I thought I should give it a try. It turned out to be just as captivating as a film. The prose is soft and beautiful and produces so many different emotions. In 19th century traditional French countryside, we see how women's lack of choice led to the decline of an aristocratic lady who can't but remain passive while her life progressively worsens.
I'm about to read a novel with a female protagonist, and the entire introduction is all about what a manly man the author is. From a long line of manly men even. Robust, masculine, sober style and virile impartiality, vigorous language. He was a soldier too. I don't know... Was Gosse trying to reassure male readers that their masculinity would not be harmed by reading a French book about a woman? 😆
La vie, voyez-vous, ça n‘est jamais si bon ni si mauvais qu‘on croit. Tr: Life, after all, is not as good or as bad as we believe it to be. #quote #lifequote. I believe we all know that, it‘s part of growing up.. The way perceive our life has a huge impact on how we live it.
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