...he treated the book as boys treat some beautiful bird, pulling outfits feathers and tormenting it. 'I regard periodical repentance as great hypocrisy,' said d'Arthez solemnly. 'Such repentance is a sort of tax levied on wrongdoing.' 464 P2 Lost Illusions #Balzactogether Riveting (p.458-466 KR).

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"Flippancy depreciates a work; serious and conscientious criticism is sometimes praise in itself.” #BalzacTogether Lost Illusions

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„— … Il me semble que je vous confie ma conscience pour me la rendre un jour! [Lucien] — Je regarde le repentir périodique comme une grande hypocrisie, dit solennellement d'Arthez… J'ai peur que tu ne voies que des absolutions dans tes repentirs!” #BalzacTogether

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Just read on my own. Had to push myself through but the end redeems. One of the greatest novels of how hard it is to be a woman in a man’s world imo.

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need another book club read??? I think I'm doing this. THE MILL ON THE FLOSS by George Eliot substack.com/home/post/p-...

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