The Deserted Woman
The Deserted Woman
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I meant tolive. Perhaps if I had been a mother I could have endured the tortureof a forced marriage of suitability. At eighteen we scarcely know whatis done with us, poor girls that we are! I have broken the laws of theworld, and the world has punished me; we both did rightly. I soughthappiness. Is it not a law of our nature to seek for happiness? I wasyoung, I was beautiful . . . I thought that I had found a nature asloving, as apparently passionate. I was loved indeed; for a littlewhile . . .... " She paused.
"I used to think, " she said, "that no one could leave a woman in sucha position as mine. I have been forsaken; I must have offended in someway. Yes, in some way, no doubt, I failed to keep some law of ournature, was too loving, too devoted, too exacting--I do not know. Evildays have brought light with them! For a long while I blamed another, now I am content to bear the whole blame. At my own expense, I haveabsolved that other of whom I once thought I had a right to complain. I had not the art to keep him; fate has punished me heavily for mylack of skill.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I meant tolive. Perhaps if I had been a mother I could have endured the tortureof a forced marriage of suitability. At eighteen we scarcely know whatis done with us, poor girls that we are! I have broken the laws of theworld, and the world has punished me; we both did rightly. I soughthappiness. Is it not a law of our nature to seek for happiness? I wasyoung, I was beautiful . . . I thought that I had found a nature asloving, as apparently passionate. I was loved indeed; for a littlewhile . . .... " She paused.
"I used to think, " she said, "that no one could leave a woman in sucha position as mine. I have been forsaken; I must have offended in someway. Yes, in some way, no doubt, I failed to keep some law of ournature, was too loving, too devoted, too exacting--I do not know. Evildays have brought light with them! For a long while I blamed another, now I am content to bear the whole blame. At my own expense, I haveabsolved that other of whom I once thought I had a right to complain. I had not the art to keep him; fate has punished me heavily for mylack of skill.
What to read after The Deserted Woman?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Balzac, Honoré De, 1799-1850 to read onlineMoreLess
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