He took it for granted that she was content; and she resent… - Gustave Flaubert

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He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him.

Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert (December 12 1821 – May 8 1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics.

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He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him. - Gustave Flaubert

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