The good woman is not very approachable, and she has ceased to see not only all her old acquaintances but even her friends
 Gustave Flaubert, Bouvard et Pécuchet (1881). copy citation

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Author Gustave Flaubert
Source Bouvard et Pécuchet
Topic women good
Date 1881
Language English
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“I promise you, I swear it, that I will explain to her your reasons and that I will pray her to bring it about that you may see each other. As for the outcome, with the best will in the world, I can do nothing; perhaps you will please each other much, perhaps you will displease each other enormously. The good woman is not very approachable, and she has ceased to see not only all her old acquaintances but even her friends; I know only one of them and she does not live in the country. I have just finished Boileau’s Correspondence; he was less narrow among his intimates than in Apollon. I found there many confidences that corrected his judgments.” source