He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his… — Gustave Flaubert
He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him.
In the original French
Il la croyait heureuse; et elle lui en voulait de ce calme si bien assis, de cette pesanteur sereine, du bonheur meme qu'elle lui donnait.
Madame Bovary · 1856
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Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2011, pt. 1, ch. 7.
Original citation
Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary: Moeurs de Province [Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners]. Revue de Paris, 1 Oct. 1856 - 15 Dec. 1856. Serial.
