Madame Loisel is beautiful but unhappy. Born in the family of a clerk, she had wished to get married to a “rich and distinguished” man. This doesn’t happen, however, and she becomes wife of a simple clerk. Her physical charm and beauty has always made her feel as though she has been deprived of the status and the society she deserves. She is highly dissatisfied with her simple lifestyle bereft of color and glamour. Her discontentment is...
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