The Shrouded Woman was the most enjoyable and reflective novel for me to read so far. The main character, Ana-Maria, is dead due to disease, but she amazingly still sees everything around her. She lies in her casket and sees people come to see her (for the last time), who once gave her sorrow and […]
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Reading ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ by Francoise Sagan went more quickly than I had expected. While the entire book spans months, I felt as if I were reading about one very long and eventful day. Perhaps this speaks to the “thoughtlessness” of our main…
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Reading ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ by Francoise Sagan went more quickly than I had expected. While the entire book spans months, I felt as if I were reading about one very long and eventful day. Perhaps this speaks to the “thoughtlessness” of our main…
Posted in Blogs, Sagan | Tagged with cycles, emotions, morals, relationships, sorrow, thoughtless, tristesse
After the class discussion on Thursday talking about the first page of Nada for most of the class I was curious to fully analyze the first page of Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan. I noticed how the main character, Cécile started off by “I have known boredom, regret, and occasionally remorse, but never sorrow” (Pg. …
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