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Une vie by Guy de Maupassant
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Love does exist…but hatred too exists; and the hurt that comes with betrayal.

Une vie (A Life) is a story of an evolution and disillusionment.

-“Life is not all fun".
-“I'm afraid not, my child, and there's nothing we can do about it.�


The story begins on a beautiful spring day with the 17 year old Jeanne de Lamare out of the convent school already full of beautiful hopes, desires and dreams of the future.

And she began to dream of love.

Soon after, she meets and marries the love of her life only to experience bitter betrayal, witness death and come face to face with her shattered beliefs and expectations, the monotonousness of life, inevitable passage of time and a repetitive and meaningless existence.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
(The more things change, the more they stay the same.)
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Reading Progress

August 27, 2013 – Shelved as: to-read
August 27, 2013 – Shelved
September 7, 2022 – Started Reading
September 10, 2022 – Finished Reading
September 12, 2022 – Shelved as: classics
September 12, 2022 – Shelved as: french

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