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I remember that I fully intended to read in its original French, but my college library only had an English copy on hand, and so...expedience won out, as it usually does when it comes to me and the next book on my reading list.

I was drawn to this book because of its warm setting--I went to college in Vermont--and its pervasive sense of ennui. (Ah, yes, what a deliciously French concept!) There was something exciting about reading this book, mostly, I think, because I was (and am) nothing

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