Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 14

           Therewerelittlemanualsinquestionsandanswers,pamphletsofaggressivetoneafterthemannerofMonsieurdeMaistre,andcertainnovelsinrose-colouredbindingsandwithahoniedstyle,manufacturedbytroubadourseminaristsorpenitentblue-stockings.Therewerethe"Thinkofit;theManoftheWorldatMary’sFeet,byMonsieurdedecoratedwithmanyOrders";"TheErrorsofVoltaire,fortheUseoftheYoung,"etc.

           MadameBovary’smindwasnotyetsufficientlycleartoapplyherselfseriouslytoanything;moreover,shebeganthisreadingintoomuchhurry.Shegrewprovokedatthedoctrinesofreligion;thearroganceofthepolemicwritingsdispleasedherbytheirinveteracyinattackingpeopleshedidnotknow;andthesecularstories,relievedwithreligion,seemedtoherwritteninsuchignoranceoftheworld,thattheyinsensiblyestrangedherfromthetruthsforwhoseproofshewaslooking.Nevertheless,shepersevered;andwhenthevolumeslippedfromherhands,shefanciedherselfseizedwiththefinestCatholicmelancholythatanetherealsoulcouldconceive.

           AsforthememoryofRodolphe,shehadthrustitbacktothebottomofherheart,anditremainedtheremoresolemnandmoremotionlessthanaking’smummyinacatacomb.Anexhalationescapedfromthisembalmedlove,that,penetratingthrougheverything,perfumedwithtendernesstheimmaculateatmosphereinwhichshelongedtolive.

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