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Marie is so devoted to her husband Jean that she overlooks his casual betrayals. Yet with surprising ease she takes a lover, but remains tied to the realities of life. However, the attempted suicide by her sister provokes in Marie an impulse to seize life and savour it to the last drop.
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Marie, Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Faith Evans-Sills
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- Marie
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 183
- ISBN10
- 074753506X
- ISBN13
- 9780747535065
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Love, Family, Classics, France, Relationships, 20th century, Children, Feminism, French Literature, Marriage, Loss, Desire, Passion, Sisters, Gender, Pregnancy, Poverty, Infidelity, Belgium
- Original title
- La femme de Gilles
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Marie is so devoted to her husband Jean that she overlooks his casual betrayals. Yet with surprising ease she takes a lover, but remains tied to the realities of life. However, the attempted suicide by her sister provokes in Marie an impulse to seize life and savour it to the last drop.