Mathilde is really not meant to cause much pity if we go by the direct characterization provided by Maupassant: She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains. All these things, of which other women of her class would not even have been aware, tormented and insulted her. This particular piece of information makes the...
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